RichardAShlofmitzMD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Chairman Cardiology St Francis Hospital

Overview of Dr. Shlofmitz

Dr. Richard Shlofmitz is a cardiologist in Roslyn, NY and is the chairman of cardiology at St Francis Hospital. He received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and has been in practice 37 years. He specializes in interventional cardiology with expertise in intravascular imaging with OCT and calcium ablation

Office
100 Port Washington Blvd..
Roslyn, NY 11576
Book by Phone+1(631) 825-8980

Fax+1 516-390-9650

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1984 - 1986
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1984
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1993 - Present
NY State Medical License 1981 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Newsday - Top Doctors on Long Island Castle Connolly, 2008, 2010-2014
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2010, 2012-2014
Most Compassionate Doctor American Registry
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Clinical Trials

The Saint Francis Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Trial (SaFR) Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Plavix, Prasugrel and Drug Eluting Stents Pilot Trial Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System Study Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Medtronic Resolute Onyx 2.0 mm Clinical Study Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 06
Completed
Not Applicable
Does Co-registration of OCT and Angiography Reduce Geographic Miss of Stent Implantation? Start of enrollment: 2016 Feb 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
Physiologic Assessment of Coronary Stenosis Following PCI Start of enrollment: 2017 Jun 20
Completed
Evaluation of Treatment Strategies for Severe CaLcIfic Coronary Arteries: Orbital Atherectomy vs. Conventional Angioplasty Technique Prior to Implantation of Drug-Eluting StEnts: The ECLIPSE Trial Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 27
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
OCT and Scaffold Embedding After NC Balloon Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 30
Unknown status
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
A Clinical Trial to Assess the Agent Paclitaxel Coated PTCA Balloon Catheter for the Treatment of Subjects With In-Stent Restenosis (ISR) Start of enrollment: 2021 May 11
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Outcomes of coronary intravascular lithotripsy for the treatment of calcified nodules: a pooled analysis of the Disrupt CAD studies.
Ziad A Ali, Doosup Shin, Mandeep Singh, Sarah Malik, Koshiro Sakai
Eurointervention. 2024-12-02
Body surface area or sex for stent sizing in proximal coronary arteries.
James Nguyen, Evan Shlofmitz, Doosup Shin, Sarah Malik, Susan V Thomas
Coronary Artery Disease. 2024-11-21
3 citations
Optical coherence tomography predictors of clinical outcomes after stent implantation: the ILUMIEN IV trial.
Ulf Landmesser, Ziad A Ali, Akiko Maehara, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Richard A Shlofmitz
European Heart Journal. 2024-11-14

Journal Articles

Safety of Same-Day Discharge After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Orbital Atherectomy
Richard Shlofmitz, Evan Shlofmitz, Theofanis Tsiamtsiouris, Andrew Berke, Andrew Lituchy, ScienceDirect

Lectures

Step-by-Step OCT: From Pre-Intervention Through Stent Optimization to Assessment of Complications
CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/26/2019
The Changing Interventional Practice: Managing a Complex PCI Patient Population
CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/27/2019
The Concept of Precision PCI: OCT Guidance in Everyday Practice
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019

Press Mentions

Shockwave Medical Launches New Coronary IVL CatheterMay 16th, 2023
How Covid-19 Affects Heart Health, According to DoctorsFebruary 8th, 2022
Cardiovascular Systems Announces Presentation of Data from Large Coronary Orbital Atherectomy Study at the TCT Connect 2020 ConferenceOctober 7th, 2020
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