
Richard Lawrence Weinberg MD PhD
Nuclear Cardiology, Preventive Cardiology
Medical Director, Nuclear Cardiology Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
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675 N Saint Clair StSte 19100700Chicago, IL 60611
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Summary
- Dr. Richard Weinberg is a Cardiology specialist based in Chicago, IL, with subspecialties in Nuclear Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology. He completed his fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center , and his internal medicine residency at the same institution. Additionally, he holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Biochemistry from Columbia University. Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor at Northwestern Medicine and Medical Director of Nuclear Cardiology. Previously, he was on faculty at the University of Michigan, where he was the associate program director for the cardiovascular diseases fellowship. His notable publications cover various areas of nuclear cardiology, including myocardial flow reserve assessment and imaging of cardiac inflammation and infection.
Education & Training
- New York Presbyterian Hospital(Cornell Campus)/Coney Island HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2010 - 2015
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2010
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 2008
- University of Cambridge, Gonville and Caius CollegePhD, Chemistry, 2000 - 2004
- Columbia UniversityBA, Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude, with Honors in Chemistry, 1996 - 2000
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 2021 - 2026
- MI State Medical License 2015 - 2022
- NY State Medical License 2011 - 2016
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Clinical LipidologyDiplomate, Clinical Lipidology
- American Board of EchocardiographyDiplomate, Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography
- Certification Board of Nuclear CardiologyDiplomate, Nuclear Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Cardiac PET Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure: An Overview.Vinay Guduguntla, Richard L Weinberg
Heart Failure Clinics. 2025-04-01 - Cardiac MRI in Heart Transplantation: Approaches and Clinical Insights.Sandra Quinn, Roberta Catania, Vinesh Appadurai, Jane E Wilcox, Richard L Weinberg
Radiographics. 2025-02-01 - Correlation between technetium-99m pyrophosphate myocardial uptake and extracellular volume on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with transthyretin cardia...Chun-Yuan Khoo, Jennifer Maning, Richard Weinberg, Ryan Avery, Vinesh Appadurai
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 2025-02-01
Authored Content
- The Evolving Future of PCSK9 InhibitorsJuly 2018
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