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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Distinguished Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • 1996 - Max Jakob Memorial Award

Overview

Robert J. Siegel is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their body of work includes 299 publications, with a significant emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, reflecting 180 publications in this subfield.

The scientist's research interests encompass several interrelated areas, notably:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

Siegel has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Florian Rader
  • Tarun Chakravarty
  • Raj Makkar
  • Takahiro Shiota
  • Moody Makar

Their research has appeared in various high-impact journals, with multiple papers published in venues such as:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Echocardiography

Some of the recent papers by Robert J. Siegel include:

  • Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis 2020: Challenges and Updates in Diagnosis and Treatment, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Blinded, randomized trial of sonographer versus AI cardiac function assessment, 2023, Nature
  • Recommendations for the Use of Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography, 2022, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
  • Artificial Intelligence Trumps TAVI2-SCORE and CoreValve Score in Predicting 1-Year Mortality Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, 2020, Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
  • Prognostic Value of Increased Mitral Valve Gradient After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Primary Mitral Regurgitation, 2022, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Over the course of their career, Siegel has been recognized with awards such as the Distinguished Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2015 and the Max Jakob Memorial Award in 1996.

Best Publications

  • American College of Cardiology Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Standards for Acquisition, Measurement and Reporting of Intravascular Ultrasound Studies (IVUS). A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents.

    Gary S Mintz;Steven E Nissen;William D Anderson;Steven R Bailey

  • Percutaneous Repair or Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation

    Ted Feldman;Elyse Foster;Donald G. Glower;Saibal Kar

  • Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement for Inoperable Severe Aortic Stenosis

    Raj R Makkar;Gregory P Fontana;Hasan Jilaihawi;Samir Kapadia

  • Pembrolizumab versus paclitaxel for previously treated, advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (KEYNOTE-061): a randomised, open-label, controlled, phase 3 trial

    Kohei Shitara;Mustafa Özgüroğlu;Yung-Jue Bang;Maria Di Bartolomeo

  • Subclinical leaflet thrombosis in surgical and transcatheter bioprosthetic aortic valves: an observational study

    Tarun Chakravarty;Lars Søndergaard;John Friedman;Ole De Backer

  • Randomized Comparison of Percutaneous Repair and Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation 5-Year Results of EVEREST II

    Ted Feldman;Saibal Kar;Sammy Elmariah;Steven C. Smart

  • Acute and 12-Month Results With Catheter-Based Mitral Valve Leaflet Repair: The EVEREST II (Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair) High Risk Study

    Patrick L. Whitlow;Ted Feldman;Wes R. Pedersen;D. Scott Lim

  • Idiopathic dilated Cardiomyopathy: Analysis of 152 necropsy patients

    William C. Roberts;Robert J. Siegel;Bruce M. McManus

  • Focused cardiac ultrasound: recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography.

    Kirk T. Spencer;Bruce J. Kimura;Claudia E. Korcarz;Patricia A. Pellikka

  • Cardiovascular manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Neil E. Doherty;Robert J. Siegel

  • Ventricular Septal Rupture after Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Yochai Birnbaum;Michael C Fishbein;Carlos Blanche;Robert J Siegel

  • The Left Atrial Appendage: Anatomy, Function, and Noninvasive Evaluation

    Roy Beigel;Nina C. Wunderlich;Siew Yen Ho;Reza Arsanjani

  • Ultrasound catheter having integrated drug delivery system and methods of using same

    Henry Nita;Timothy Mills;Robert Siegel

  • Origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva and its functional consequences: Analysis of 10 necropsy patients

    William C. Roberts;Robert J. Siegel;Douglas P. Zipes

  • Comparison of effectiveness of hand-carried ultrasound to bedside cardiovascular physical examination.

    Sergio L. Kobal;Luca Trento;Simin Baharami;Kirsten Tolstrup

  • Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis: A review

    J A Lopez;R S Ross;M C Fishbein;R J Siegel

  • Guidelines for the Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation After Percutaneous Valve Repair or Replacement: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Japanese Society of Echocardiography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

    William A. Zoghbi;Federico M. Asch;Charles Bruce;Linda D. Gillam

  • Contribution of inadequate compensatory enlargement to development of human coronary artery stenosis: an in vivo intravascular ultrasound study.

    Toshihiko Nishioka;Huai Luo;Neal L. Eigler;Hans Berglund

  • Alterations of phasic coronary artery flow velocity humans during percutaneous coronary angioplasty

    Jerome Segal;Morton J. Kern;Neal A. Scott;Spencer B. King

  • Accuracy of right ventricular volumes and function determined by three-dimensional echocardiography in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging: a meta-analysis study.

    Yuichi J. Shimada;Maiko Shiota;Robert J. Siegel;Takahiro Shiota

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Fishbein
Michael C. Fishbein University of California, Los Angeles
Raj Makkar
Raj Makkar Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Gerald Maurer
Gerald Maurer Medical University of Vienna
Daniel S. Berman
Daniel S. Berman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
John D. Friedman
John D. Friedman Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Peter M. Schlag
Peter M. Schlag Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin B. Leon
Martin B. Leon Columbia University Medical Center
Jonathan W. Said
Jonathan W. Said University of California, Los Angeles
Donald D. Glower
Donald D. Glower Duke University
Pamela S. Douglas
Pamela S. Douglas Duke University

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