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Chief, Division of Cardiology | Multimodality Cardiac Imager | Rutgers New Jersey Medical School | @Rutgers_NJMS @UnivHospNewark

Newark, NJ
Joined August 2018
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Alfonso Waller
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#hiring : I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Chief of Cardiology, Rutgers NJMS and we are looking for additional faculty: 1. Advanced Imaging #CVimaging 2. Cardio-oncology #CardioOnc 3. Electrophysiology #EPPeeps 4. CCU (Director) #CVICU If interested, email
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Alfonso Waller
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Very excited and honored to be selected to serve as a Member of the @ACCinTouch Cardiovascular Imaging Section Leadership Council. Looking forward to working with @mdicarli (chair) and @RonBlankstein (chair elect)! @RutgersCVI @NJACC #CardioTwitter @Rutgers_card
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Alfonso Waller
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📢Join us on Wednesday, March 13 @ noon ET: #ACCImaging webinar on #AI in Multimodality 🫀Imaging (Part 2): - CAD imaging ? 🤨 Challenges AI faces in #CardiacImaging ? 👉Register: #ACCFIT @ACCinTouch @AChoiHeart @damini_dey @ditchhaporia @Piotr_JSlomka
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Alfonso Waller
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#CBCMR certified! Yay! And congrats to all the CMR imagers who took the #first exam and passed! #firstclass #cvimaging #WhyCMR @SCMRorg
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2 years
Had 2 back-to-back talks today! 2 different audiences… #prouddad #GirlDad
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Alfonso Waller
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Congratulations to @Rutgers_card fellows representing @NJACC and winning today’s #ACCFIT preliminary #Jeopardy . @ChristineGerula @mhd_soud @ParulKakarMD @AishwaryaB_MD
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Alfonso Waller
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We are #hiring for Academic Non-invasive / Cardiac Imager at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Message me if you're interested in joining our team. #cardiacimaging #echofirst #structuralImager #YesCCT #CVNuc #ThinkPET #whyCMR
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@nishantshahmd
Nishant R. Shah, MD MPH
3 years
The tradition continues - current & past trainees, and colleagues of @mdicarli celebrate together at #ACC22 @ACCinTouch . A very special group indeed, and one I am lucky to be a part of! @RonBlankstein @alfonsowallermd @Bweber04 @sarahcud @Fentanes_MD @SheilaHegde @BWHCVImaging
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Alfonso Waller
4 years
Honored to be on a @UnivHospNewark Facebook live panel led by @ShereefElnahal with @Rutgers_NJMS colleagues @AlvarezDowning @alomda_2 and Dr. Alzate-Duque to discuss #heartdisease during #MensHealthMonth . #prevention #uhnj #uhcares
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Alfonso Waller
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We are #hiring for #CardioOnc at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. For more information send DM or follow this link: #cardiotwitter
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Alfonso Waller
6 years
Honored to be #FSCCT
@Heart_SCCT
Heart_SCCT
6 years
Congratulations to our newest #FSCCT ! @Heart_SCCT members who show evidence of ongoing interest & contribution to the prevention of #CVD through #YesCCT research, education & pt care Apply now for #FSCCT : @VLSorrellImages @Doc_Tiger @alfonsowallermd
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Alfonso Waller
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Join us on February 15 at 12pm ET for the #ACCImaging council webinar: Artificial Intelligence in #CardiacImaging (Part 1) Register here👉🏼 #aiinhealthcare #echofirst #whycmr
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Alfonso Waller
3 years
Preparing for my next zoom conference to my daughter’s class. #girldad
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Alfonso Waller
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Congrats 👏to one of our fellows at @Rutgers_card for sharing this #echofirst diagnosis in #JACCcasereports ⭐️Diagnosis can be made from this image below⭐️, or ☑️the full article: #CardioTwitter #CardioEd @JACCJournals @JGrapsa @ASE360 @RutgersCVI
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Alfonso Waller
3 years
What a fantastic @Rutgers_NJMS Cardiovascular Grand Rounds today by Professor @DLBHATTMD on advances in antithrombotic strategies.
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Alfonso Waller
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🌟Excited to see that our work on variability of #LVEF measurement by different vendors can impact #CTRCD was in the 1st issue of the new Journal of Nuclear Cardiology👇 @GiselleSA_MDPhD @DrSFeldman @AnoshiaMD @RutgersCVI @Rutgers_card #cvnuc @MyASNC #CardioOnc
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Marcelo Di Carli
8 months
Learn about variability in LVEF assessments and its impact on cardiotoxicity detection. Suero-Abreu et al () Editorial () #CTRCD #LVEF #ERNA @alfonsowallermd @GiselleSA_MDPhD #cardioonc @MyASNC #cvnuc
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Alfonso Waller
5 years
Class I indication for coronary CTA as initial test for CAD in symptomatic patients!
@Steph_Achenbach
Stephan Achenbach
5 years
ESC 2019 Guidelines on Chronic Coronary Syndromes just released (). Finally, Class I indication for coronary CTA in suspected CAD! Text says wisely: use testing according to pre test likelihood, patient characteristics and expertise. @escardio #ESCCongress
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@UnivHospNewark
University Hospital
6 years
National Wear Red Day is held on the first Friday in February each year to raise awareness that heart disease is the number one killer of women. Our staff proudly wore red today.
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Alfonso Waller
2 years
Great Cardiology Grand Rounds presentation by Dr. Valente ( @AnneValente1 ) from the BACH program ( @interactiveachd ) on Long-Term Outcomes in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. @Rutgers_card @GerulaChristine @DrSFeldman @alomda_2 @ISinghMD @PWengrofskyMD @keneil_shah @MandiMD3
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Alfonso Waller
2 years
We started our @Rutgers_card July lecture series with #Echofirst and worked in our @Rutgers_NJMS #MedEd simulation lab. And even did some heart sounds! @RutgersCVI #ACCFIT
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Alfonso Waller
3 years
Great job @AishwaryaB_MD and thank you @LucySafi and @SergeHarbMD for the invitation to the @e3ASE series. @ASE360 #echofirst
@LucySafi
Lucy
3 years
One hour till our next @e3ASE lecture on aortic stenosis with @SergeHarbMD @alfonsowallermd @AishwaryaB_MD to join us register here:
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Alfonso Waller
2 years
Thank you @mdicarli ! Excited to be in the #ACCImaging council, and at #ACC23 !
@mdicarli
Marcelo Di Carli
2 years
Warm welcome to the new all star leadership of #ACCImaging !! We look forward to working with you on shaping the future of CV imaging. @ACCinTouch #ACC23 @RonBlankstein @onco_cardiology @salernomdphd @DCalnon @JamiesonBourque @purviparwani @alfonsowallermd @Bweber04
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Alfonso Waller
1 year
Another successful AngioVac case at @UnivHospNewark / @Rutgers_NJMS : SVC endocarditis. Total on-circuit time: 4 minutes @Rutgers_card @RutgersCVI @angiodynamics @NJACC #echofirst #CardioTwitter
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@GovMurphy
Governor Phil Murphy
4 years
HISTORIC. @UnivHospNewark frontline nurse Maritza Beniquez just became the first person in New Jersey to receive the #COVID19 vaccine.
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Alfonso Waller
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@Kfarooqi @Heart_SCCT @journalCCT @ToddVillinesMD @purviparwani @PushpaShivaram @daniel_forsha @AChoiHeart @KHERA_MD @ShannonNNees @munes_fares @FellowsTaussig @iamritu @DrToniyaSingh @OKhaliqueMD @Doc_Tiger @RayRcnita @AmroAlsaid @AlsaiedTarek @SCMRorg Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (RUPV to SVC), a sinus venosus ASD, and a persistent left superior vena cava draining into the coronary sinus (without contrast) because injection was from the right arm.
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Alfonso Waller
8 months
💡How AI is being used in: - Heart Failure imaging? - CAD imaging? 🤨 How to read an AI paper? #ACCImaging webinar series: 1️⃣ Feb 15 @ noon ET. 👉 Register: 2️⃣ Mar 13 @ noon ET. 👉 Register: #echofirst #cvnuc #whyCMR #yesCCT #AI
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Alfonso Waller
4 years
Good luck to all @Rutgers_NJMS students participating in today’s #MatchDay2021
@neilkotharimd
Neil Kothari, M.D.
4 years
Congratulations & best wishes to all of our @Rutgers_NJMS MS4's on MATCH Day - we are excited to see your great success 💪🏼 & look forward to many of you choosing to stay at Rutgers for #GME training! @UnivHospNewark @RWJBarnabas @TheNRMP #MatchDay2021 #NJMSMatch2021 #NJMSproud
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Alfonso Waller
4 years
@HeartDocSubha @SCMRorg For those of us experiencing snow ❄️ and cold temperatures 🥶, I think the next poll should include locations: ☀️ 🌞 🏖
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Alfonso Waller
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📌ICYMI: #ACCImaging webinar recording on #AI in Multimodality 🫀Imaging (Part 1) is now available: 📽️(Part 1): 👉 Register for Part 2, March 13, noon ET: 👉 #EchoFirst #whyCMR #YesCCT #CVNuc #ACCFIT
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Alfonso Waller
4 years
Watching @Rutgers_card representing @NJACC for the preliminary #ACCFIT #Jeopardy .
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@NJACC
NJ Chapter of ACC
4 years
Let's go Team New Jersey! #ACCFIT Jeopardy preliminaries today and @NJACC is ready to play! @Dr_Lander @danshindler
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Alfonso Waller
2 years
Congratulations to our incoming @Rutgers_card Fellowship Class! We are excited to have you join us! And congratulations to all that matched today! #MatchDay #ACCFIT
@Rutgers_card
Rutgers NJMS Cardiology Fellowship
2 years
So super excited to welcome our newest members to our fellowship family! Congratulations and can't wait to start working together!
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Alfonso Waller
4 years
It looks like our second wave has begun. We must continue to mask up and avoid gatherings. @UnivHospNewark @Rutgers_NJMS @Rutgers_card
@ShereefElnahal
Shereef Elnahal, MD
4 years
#COVID19 test positivity rate at @UnivHospNewark now > 4%. Hospitalizations are also up. And last week, we had our first death from complications of COVID in months. Please be vigilant and distance, mask up 😷, and avoid gatherings. Our second wave has begun.
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Alfonso Waller
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@JACCJournals
JACC Journals
6 years
#JACCCardioOnc proudly welcomes Javid J. Moslehi, MD ( @CardioOncology ) and Juan C. Lopez-Mattei, MD ( @onco_cardiology ) as its social media Directors.
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Alfonso Waller
5 years
Honored to be a member of a diverse faculty. #HispanicHeritageMonth @Rutgers_NJMS @UnivHospNewark
@Rutgers_NJMS
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
5 years
As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Rutgers NJMS is proud to highlight our Latinx faculty members. Click on the link below to read their bios and learn more about their respective fields, their heritage, the care they provide for their patients! #HHM
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Alfonso Waller
6 years
Level III Echo Training defined:
@ACCinTouch
American College of Cardiology
6 years
Published today in @JACCJournals , this is the first time that Level III training for echocardiography has been formally defined. Read more: #cvEcho #cvImaging #ACCFIT
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Alfonso Waller
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@PY_SHD @Mike_P_Pfeiffer @BPetersonCardio @DeeDeeWangMD @Rahul2282Sharma @PSorajja @SVRaoMD @JoaoLCavalcante @Radial_ICG @Babar_Basir @RoxanneDeStefa1 @SachinGoelMD @jtsaxon @sameergafoor We had a similar case that we treated with 1 mg/kg of prednisone, hydroxychloroquine and full-dose anticoagulation with resolution and spared her from surgery... ()
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Alfonso Waller
5 years
Excellent #YesCCT poster at #SCCT2019 by @Kfarooqi
@DrRyanPDaly
Ryan P. Daly, MD
5 years
3D printing enhances comprehension of medical student understanding of complex congenital heart disease. Maybe cardiology fellows too?!? #SCCT2019
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Alfonso Waller
2 years
Congratulations to our former @RutgersIMRes resident @ElenaVDolmatova for her recent award. @Rutgers_card #ACCFIT
@ACC_Georgia
Georgia Chapter ACC
2 years
Congratulations to Dr. Elena Domatova on winning the Dr.Nanette K.Wenger Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship! #GAACC2022
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Alfonso Waller
2 years
Great case highlighting the importance of reviewing prior images. #echofirst #YesCCT @CircImaging @ParulKakarMD @Rutgers_card
@CircImaging
CircImaging
2 years
Recurrent stroke and MI due to cardiac fibroelastoma highlighting the role of TEE and CTA for suspected cardiac etiology of chest pain or stroke. @alfonsowallermd @parulkakarmd @cshenoy3 @AllisonGHaysMD @Otavio_Coelho_F #AHAJournals
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Alfonso Waller
2 years
A lucky day 🍀 in the echo lab. @GerulaChristine @Rutgers_card @RutgersCVI
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Alfonso Waller
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Like a beating heart... #COVID19 #COVID19Pandemic
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@OKhaliqueMD Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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Alfonso Waller
6 years
Exciting news for @RutgersBHS and #NewJersey : #CTSA
@rutgershealth
Rutgers Health
6 years
Congratulations to #Rutgers ' Dr. Reynold Panettieri & his team who have been awarded a $29 million @NIH grant. The funding will support moving research discoveries into clinical practice & improve #healthcare throughout the state of #NewJersey . Read more:
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Alfonso Waller
5 years
@IshwariaMD @VivekSubbiah This weekend, Frozen 1 x 1, Frozen II x 2, and Moana x 1
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Alfonso Waller
5 years
Agree with @AmitRPatelMD
@edwardmillermd
Edward Miller, MD PhD
5 years
Let’s do a little study of educational effectiveness. @AmitRPatelMD and I are going to debate FDG PET vs. CMR as the FIRST test for Cardiac Sarcoid at #ASNC2019 . What does the Twitter-verse think? Best first test for CS?
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Alfonso Waller
6 years
Most programs are better off with both groups collaborating.
@pnagpalMD
Prashant Nagpal
6 years
Great to read secrets behind successful cards-rads imaging programs -Individual team members sharing these thoughts is also important else difference in perspectives become difference in opinions rather than complementary strengths. Hoping to see more of such programs in the US
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Alfonso Waller
4 years
@drmaggarwal @DrMarthaGulati @ErinMichos @ggvela @gina_lundberg Residents, fellows, attendings and all patient facing hospital staff at @UnivHospNewark / @Rutgers_NJMS are able to get it.
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Alfonso Waller
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@ghoshhajra @Heart_SCCT Watchman? Delays for LA clot? LV clot? Bypass grafts? Looking at the sternum for redo? And CT perfusion?
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Alfonso Waller
5 years
Kim was an EKG tech that was always smiling and cheerful at @UnivHospNewark . We will miss her. #COVID19 #COVID19Pandemic
@ShereefElnahal
Shereef Elnahal, MD
5 years
We lost a great one at @UnivHospNewark . Kim King-Smith was a hero- an EKG technician on the night shift who passed yesterday from complications of #COVID ー19. Family says her smile was “more infectious than the virus that took her life.” All of UH, and @NJGov , will miss you.
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Alfonso Waller
5 years
Looking forward to #SCCT2019 :
@Heart_SCCT
Heart_SCCT
5 years
Join chairs Barbara Srichai-Parsia, MD, FSCCT and @mdicarli MD for a session on Multimodality imaging: The right test for the right patient (Joint session with @MyASNC ) on Saturday, July 13 at #SCCT2019 Learn more:
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Alfonso Waller
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@ACCinTouch @mdicarli Congratulations Marcelo, the award is so well deserved! Thank you for all your mentorship!
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Alfonso Waller
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We are #hiring for #CriticalCareCardiology / #CICU / #criticalcare at Rutgers NJMS. For more information send DM or visit: #CardioTwitter
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Alfonso Waller
1 year
@venkmurthy Congratulations Venk!
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Alfonso Waller
4 years
@mhd_soud @Sadeer_AlKindi Agree with ventricular interdependence consistent with constriction
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Alfonso Waller
6 years
Looking forward to @MyASNC webinar by @DorbalaSharmila :
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Sharmila Dorbala
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@Yonatan_G_MD @Rutgers_NJMS Congratulations Yonatan!
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Alfonso Waller
6 years
A nice integrated approach.
@ESC_Journals
European Society of Cardiology Journals
6 years
MUST READ: Multimodality imaging in cardiology - a statement on behalf of the Task Force on Multimodality Imaging of the EACVI @escardio @bogdan_popescu1 @TomLuscher #EACVI #EHJ #ESCCoT #CardioTwitter #Cardiology #freeaccess
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@ACCinTouch
American College of Cardiology
1 year
The ACC has developed the point of care #ultrasound workbook to provide guidance on using POCUS in CV clinical practice. 🔑Key Points from the #POCUS Workbooks⬇️
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