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 6/10/2024
Thel MC, Cochran JD, Teruya S, Hayashi O, Xie CR, Srinivasan AR, Chavkin NW, Arai Y, Sano S, Mirabal Santos A, De Los Santos J, Fine D, Sabogal N, Ullah I, Helmke S, Rodriguez C, Prokaeva T, Foster RH, Spencer BH, Izumiya Y, Maurer MS, Walsh K, Ruberg FL. Mosaic Loss of the Y Chromosome Is Enriched in Patients With Wild-Type Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis and Associated With Increased Mortality. Circ Heart Fail. 2024 Jun 10; e011681. PMID: 38853760.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/4/2024
Maurer MS, Miller EJ, Ruberg FL. Addressing Health Disparities-The Case for Variant Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Grows Stronger. JAMA. 2024 Jun 04; 331(21):1809-1811. PMID: 38734953.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/4/2024
Maurer MS, Soman P, Hernandez A, Garcia-Pavia P, Signorovitch J, Wei LJ, Hanna M, Ruberg FL, Kittleson M, Kazi D, Dorbala S, Hsu K, Lousada I, Adigun R, Dunnmon P, Kelly J, Gillmore J. Advancing Transthyretin Amyloidosis Drug Development in an Evolving Treatment Landscape: Amyloidosis Forum Meeting Proceedings. Adv Ther. 2024 Jul; 41(7):2723-2742. PMID: 38833142.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/30/2024
Katznelson E, Jerosch-Herold M, Cuddy SAM, Clerc OF, Benz DC, Taylor A, Rao S, Kijewski MF, Liao R, Landau H, Yee AJ, Ruberg FL, Di Carli MF, Falk RH, Kwong RY, Dorbala S. Mechanisms of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in light chain amyloidosis: a multiparametric cardiac MRI study. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024; 11:1371810. PMID: 38873265.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/11/2024
Wardhere A, Bampatsias D, Cohn E, Fine D, Freitas C, Gallegos C, Helmke S, Ionescu N, Ivrose J, Rodriguez C, Sabogal N, Fils S, Henry T, Teruya S, Ullah I, Kurian D, Raiszadeh F, Miller EJ, Ruberg FL, Maurer MS. Unlocking Diversity in Cardiovascular Clinical Research: Lessons from the Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in a Minority Populations Study. J Card Fail. 2024 May 11. PMID: 38740174.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/30/2024
Datar Y, Clerc OF, Cuddy SAM, Kim S, Taylor A, Neri JC, Benz DC, Bianchi G, Yee AJ, Sanchorawala V, Ruberg FL, Landau H, Liao R, Kijewski MF, Jerosch-Herold M, Kwong RY, Di Carli MF, Falk RH, Dorbala S. Quantification of right ventricular amyloid burden with 18F-florbetapir positron emission tomography/computed tomography and its association with right ventricular dysfunction and outcomes in light-chain amyloidosis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Apr 30; 25(5):687-697. PMID: 38193678.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/16/2024
Edwards CV, Ferri GM, Villegas-Galaviz J, Ghosh S, Bawa PS, Wang F, Klimtchuk E, Ajayi TB, Morgan GJ, Prokaeva T, Staron A, Ruberg FL, Sanchorawala V, Giadone RM, Murphy GJ. Abnormal global longitudinal strain and reduced serum inflammatory markers in cardiac AL amyloidosis patients without significant amyloid fibril deposition. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 16. PMID: 38558967.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/5/2024
Ruberg FL, Maurer MS. Cardiac Amyloidosis Due to Transthyretin Protein: A Review. JAMA. 2024 Mar 05; 331(9):778-791. PMID: 38441582.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/22/2024
Datar Y, Cuddy SAM, Ovsak G, Giblin GT, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL, Arnaout R, Dorbala S. Myocardial Texture Analysis of Echocardiograms in Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2024 May; 37(5):570-573. PMID: 38395112.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/20/2024
Ruberg FL, Gropler RJ. In This Issue of the Journal. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Feb; 17(2):e016675. PMID: 38377239.
Read at: PubMed
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