TimothyChung-TinWongMDMS

Cardiology • Oakland, PA

Cardiothoracic Imaging

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Director, UPMC HVI Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center; Director, UPMC HVI Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center

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Office
UPMC Presbyterian
200 Lothop St. 5B Outpatient Cardiology Clinic
Oakland, PA 15213
Phone+1 412-647-6176

Fax+1 412-647-9773

Summary

Dr. Timothy Wong is a cardiologist in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and UPMC Passavant. He received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and has been in practice 15 years. He specializes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and advanced cardiac imaging (including cardiac MRI, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology).

Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2006 - 2009
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2006
New York University School of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2006 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011

Clinical Trials

A Phase 2 Study of Mavacamten in Adults With Symptomatic Non-Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (nHCM) Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 30
Completed
Phase 2
Clinical Study to Evaluate Mavacamten (MYK-461) in Adults With Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Start of enrollment: 2018 May 29
Completed
Phase 3
A Long-Term Safety Extension Study of Mavacamten in Adults Who Have Completed MAVERICK-HCM or EXPLORER-HCM Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 05
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Dose-finding Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, PK, and PD of CK-3773274 in Adults With HCM Start of enrollment: 2020 Jan 10
Completed
Phase 2
Open-label Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Aficamten in Adults With HCM Start of enrollment: 2021 May 06
Enrolling by invitation
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

441 citations
Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial
Iacopo Olivotto, Artur Oreziak, Roberto Barriales-Villa, Theodore P. Abraham, Ahmad Masri
Lancet. 2020-09-12
179 citations
Evaluation of Mavacamten in Symptomatic Patients With Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Carolyn Y. Ho, Matthew E Mealiffe, Richard G. Bach, Mondira Bhattacharya, Lubna Choudhury
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020-06-02
373 citations
Association Between Extracellular Matrix Expansion Quantified by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Short-Term Mortality
Timothy C. Wong, Kayla Piehler, Christopher G Meier, Stephen M Testa, Amanda M. Klock
Circulation. 2012-09-04

Lectures

Needle Knives and Screws: Challenges and Conundrums in HCM
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019

Press Mentions

Pitt Football Coach Praises Doctors for Preventing TragediesAugust 10th, 2016

Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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