Geoffrey W. Cho, MD
- Cardiology
About
Dr. Geoffrey Cho is a cardiologist and assistant professor on faculty at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He is multiboard-certified in cardiology, cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology, adult echocardiography, and internal medicine. His clinical practice is located at the main UCLA campus in Westwood, focusing on taking care of inpatients in the cardiac critical care unit at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center as well as outpatients in clinic. He completed his cardiology fellowship at UCLA and received his internal medicine training and medical degree from UT Southwestern, where he started medical school at age 19.
Dr. Cho's current research focuses on cardiac imaging and artificial intelligence in cardiac computed tomography. He is the UCLA site principal investigor for the CONFIRM-2 and TRANSFORM clinical trials. He has published in multiple journals, including Circulation, Circulation Research, JACC, Science, Clinical Imaging, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, BBA, CMI, CAD, and PNAS. He has also won several prestigious accolades, including being an American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award Finalist, Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators Competition Finalist, and American Heart Association Southwest-Affiliate Fellowship Grant Award recipient. He also has been elected to the American College of Cardiology (ACC) California Leadership Forum, a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), American College of Cardiology (FACC), American College of Physicians (FACP), Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography (FSCCT), and also an Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography (SCCT) Verification Committee and American College of Cardiology (ACC) Young Investigator Award Committee Member.
When Dr. Cho is not working, he enjoys staying fit and working out at the gym, tennis, classical music, violin, piano, watching Japanese variety shows, and autism advocacy/outreach.
Languages spoken: English, Mandarin, and Japanese
Board Certifications
- National Board of Echocardiography, Certification Board of Echocardiography, 2020
- Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 2020
- Nuclear Cardiology, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, 2020
- Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2020
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2018
Languages
Education
Medical Board Certifications
Fellowship
Residency
Internship
Degree
Recognitions
- American College of Cardiology (ACC) Young Investigator Award.
- American Heart Association Fellowship Grant Award.
- American College of Cardiology (ACC) Young Investigator Award Committee Member
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Locations
Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Medical Services
Research
Publications
- AI-Quantitative CT Coronary Plaque Features Associate with a Higher Relative Risk in Women: CONFIRM2-Registry. Feuchtner G,… Cho GW… Rosendaeh AV. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging.
- Golub IS, Thummala A, Morad T, Dhaliwal J, Elisarraras F, Karlsberg RP, Cho GW. Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: Novel Advances, Emerging Techniques, and Recent Clinical Trials. Journal of Clinical Medicine.
- Cho GW, Sayed S, D’Costa Z, Karlsberg D, Karlsberg RP. First Comparison Between Case Study: Artificial Intelligence Guided CCTA versus SPECT Testing for Ischemia Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Coronary Artery Disease
- Xia J, Bachour K, Suleiman AR, J Roberts, Sayed S, Cho GW. Enhancing Coronary Artery Plaque Analysis Via Artificial Intelligence Driven Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease
- Aldana-Bitar J, Cho GW, Karlsberg RP. A Promising Pathway Toward Mitigation and Eradication of Coronary Artery Disease. Cardiology Research
- Aldana-Bitar J, Cho GW, Anderson L, Karlsberg DK, Manubolu VS, Verghese D, Hussein L, Budoff MJ, Karlsberg RP. Artificial Intelligence Using Deep Learning Versus Expert Computed Tomography Human Reading in Calcium Score and Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System Classification. Coronary Artery Disease.
- Cho GW, Anderson L, Quesada C, Jennings R, Min JK, Earls JP, Karlsberg RP. Serial analysis of coronary artery disease progression by artificial intelligence assisted coronary computed tomography angiography: early clinical experience. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders.
- Cho GW, Ghanem A, Quesada C, Crabtree T, Jennings R, Budoff MJ, Choi AD, Min JK, Karlsberg RP, Earls JP. Quantitative Plaque Analysis with Artificial Intelligence Augmented CCTA in End-Stage Renal Diease and Complex CAD. Clinical Imaging.
- Cho GW, Shone A, Gang E, Elad Y, Duncan R, Budoff M, Karlsberg R. Performance and Integration of Smartphone Wireless ECG Monitoring into the Enterprise Electronic Health Record: First Clinical Experience. Clinical Medicine Insights.
- Xie M, Cho GW, Kong Y, Li DL, Altamirano F, Luo X, Morales C, Jiang N, Schiattarella G, May H, Medina J, Shelton J, Ferdous A, Gillette TG, Hill JA. Activation of Autophagic Flux Blunts Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. Circulation Research.
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Blue Shield of California
- Centivo
- Cigna
- First Health
- Health Net of California
- Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
- L.A. Care
- Medicare Advantage
- MultiPlan
- UFCM Health System
- Prime Health Services
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
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Recognitions
- American College of Cardiology (ACC) Young Investigator Award.
- American Heart Association Fellowship Grant Award.
- American College of Cardiology (ACC) Young Investigator Award Committee Member
- American College of Cardiology (ACC) California Leadership Forum
- Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Verification Committee Member
- Fellow of the American Heart Association.
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Fellow of the American College of Physicians
- Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society Associate Member
- Northstar Cultural Award Nominee
- Research Innovator Award. UCLA STAR (Specialty Training Advanced Research) Symposium.
- Presentation Award 2nd place. UCLA Department of Medicine Research Day.
- 1st Place Presentation Winner. Clinical Division. UCLA Cardiovascular Research Symposium.
- Tibor Fabian Research Grant Award. Tibor Fabian Fund Committee.
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (T32)
- 11th Annual Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators Competition - Northwestern Finalist 3rd place award.
- UT Southwestern Cardiovascular Symposium. Best Presentation Award