Frederick Lief Ruberg, MD
Professor, Medicine
Biography
Dr. Ruberg’s clinical and research expertise is in the field of cardiac imaging including echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). Dr. Ruberg applies imaging in research designed to facilitate improved diagnosis and management of the infiltrative cardiomyopathy cardiac amyloidosis.
Other Positions
- Professor, Radiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Member, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University
- Member, Amyloidosis Center, Boston University
- Program Director, Pilot Translational & Clinical Studies Program, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, MD
- Haverford College, BA
Publications
- Published on 7/24/2023
Madhani A, Sabogal N, Massillon D, Paul LD, Rodriguez C, Fine D, Helmke S, Winburn M, Kurian D, Raiszadeh F, Teruya S, Cohn E, Einstein AJ, Miller EJ, Connors LH, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Clinical Penetrance of the Transthyretin V122I Variant in Older Black Patients With Heart Failure: The SCAN-MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Aug; 12(15):e028973. PMID: 37486082.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/13/2023
Chan N, Einstein AJ, Griffin JM, Rosenblum H, Teruya S, Cuomo M, De Los Santos J, DeLuca A, Johnson LL, Kinkhabwala MP, Leb JS, Mintz A, Fine D, Helmke S, Muralidhar V, Pandey S, Sabogal N, Saith SE, Winburn M, Smiley D, Miller EJ, Ruberg FL, Maurer MS. Prevalence and significance of extracardiac uptake on pyrophosphate imaging in the SCAN-MP study: the first 379 cases. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Jun 13. PMID: 37311914.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/31/2023
Ruberg FL. Finally Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Imaging Multiorgan Treatment Response in AL Amyloidosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Aug; 16(8):1053-1055. PMID: 37269271.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/17/2023
Ruberg FL, Blaner WS, Chiuzan C, Connors LH, Einstein AJ, Fine D, Helmke S, Kurian D, Pandey S, Raiszadeh F, Rodriguez C, Sabogal N, Teruya S, Winburn M, Chung WK, Cohn E, Miller EJ, Kelly JW, Maurer MS. Design and Rationale the SCAN-MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Apr 18; 12(8):e028534. PMID: 37066788.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/13/2023
Amyar A, Fahmy AS, Guo R, Nakata K, Sai E, Rodriguez J, Cirillo J, Pareek K, Kim J, Judd RM, Ruberg FL, Weinsaft JW, Nezafat R. Scanner-Independent MyoMapNet for Accelerated Cardiac MRI T1 Mapping Across Vendors and Field Strengths. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 Apr 13. PMID: 37052580.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/30/2023
Edmiston JB, Cohn EG, Teruya SL, Sabogal N, Massillon D, Muralidhar V, Rodriguez C, Helmke S, Fine D, Winburn M, Chiuzan C, Hod EA, Raiszadeh F, Kurian D, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Clinical and social determinants of health features of SARS-CoV-2 infection among Black and Caribbean Hispanic patients with heart failure: The SCAN-MP Study. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0283730. PMID: 36996149.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/23/2023
Pandey S, Teruya S, Rodriguez C, Deluca A, Kinkhabwala M, Johnson LL, Fine D, Sabogal N, Winburn M, Castillo M, Bhatia K, Malkovskaya R, Raiszadeh F, Kurian D, Miller EJ, Einstein AJ, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Diagnostic performance characteristics of planar quantitative and semi-quantitative parameters of Tc99m pyrophosphate (PYP) imaging for diagnosis of transthyretin (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis: the SCAN-MP study. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Aug; 30(4):1414-1419. PMID: 36823486.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/31/2023
Staron A, Mendelson LM, Joshi T, Ruberg FL, Sanchorawala V. Factors affecting the accuracy of amyloidosis identification and referral to a specialty centre. Amyloid. 2023 Sep; 30(3):297-302. PMID: 36718932.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/23/2023
Kittleson MM, Ruberg FL, Ambardekar AV, Brannagan TH, Cheng RK, Clarke JO, Dember LM, Frantz JG, Hershberger RE, Maurer MS, Nativi-Nicolau J, Sanchorawala V, Sheikh FH. 2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Care for the Patient With Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Mar 21; 81(11):1076-1126. PMID: 36697326.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/27/2022
Valente CJ, Chiuzan C, Alreshq R, Blot T, Fine D, Helmke S, Rodriguez C, Sabogal N, Teruya S, Winburn M, Kurian D, Raiszadeh F, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Physical Performance in Black and Hispanic Outpatients With Heart Failure: The SCAN-MP Study. CJC Open. 2023 Apr; 5(4):292-302. PMID: 37124967.
Read at: PubMed
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