Raymond Y. Kwong MD, MPH

Biographical Sketch:

Dr. Raymond Kwong is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

After receiving his medical degree from the University of Toronto, he underwent residency training in internal medicine at Vancouver General Hospital at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a research fellowship in cardiac MRI at theNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He received his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Kwong is an active member in various professional organizations, including the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, for which he serves as co-chair of the International Outreach Committee and chair of the Global Registry Committee. In addition he is an active member of theAmerican Heart Association, theInternational Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the American College of Cardiology, and the Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography.

His clinical and research interests revolve primarily around cardiac imaging.

Positions:

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;Director, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Degrees:

MD: University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario

MPH: Harvard School of Public Health

Postgraduate Training:

Fellowship (cardiovascular diseases): George Washington University, Washington, DC

Research Fellowship (cardiac MRI): National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Clinical Interests:

Cardiac imaging