Frederick Lief Ruberg MD

Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine

Associate Professor, Radiology

75 E. Newton St | (617) 638-8968
Frederick Ruberg
Sections

Cardiovascular Medicine

Centers

Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute

Amyloidosis Center

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

Education

Medicine-Internal, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1998

Psychology, BA, Haverford College, 1992

Publications

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.

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.

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.

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 Feb 23. PMID: 36823486.

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 Jan 31; 1-6. PMID: 36718932.

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.

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.

Published on 12/21/2022

Ruberg FL, Baggish AL, Hays AG, Jerosch-Herold M, Kim J, Ordovas KG, Reddy G, Shenoy C, Weinsaft JW, Woodard PK. Utilization of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging for resumption of athletic activities following COVID-19 infection: an expert consensus document on behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention (CVRI) Leadership and endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR). J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2022 Dec 21; 24(1):73. PMID: 36539786.

Published on 12/21/2022

Ruberg FL, Baggish AL, Hays AG, Jerosch-Herold M, Kim J, Ordovas KG, Reddy G, Shenoy C, Weinsaft JW, Woodard PK. Utilization of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Resumption of Athletic Activities Following COVID-19 Infection: An Expert Consensus Document on Behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention Leadership and Endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Jan; 16(1):e014106. PMID: 36541203.

Published on 11/30/2022

Rowin EJ, Ruberg FL, Das G, Higgins D, Lipe WC, Bokhari N, Dehn M, Maron BJ, Maron MS. Identification of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Among Patients Previously Diagnosed With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Dec; 15(12):e014938. PMID: 36448453.

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