Director of Non-Invasive Cardiac Laboratory
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Barnabas Health
Lyons Avenue, Newark, NJ 07112
Tel. (973) 926-7475
Chunguang Chen, MD, Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Laboratory
at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, is recognized worldwide
in the field of echocardiography. He received his Doctor
of Medicine from Hamburg University in Germany, and completed
fellowships in clinical cardiology at University Hospitals
in Freiburg and Hamburg, Germany; and in research, clinical
cardiology, and cardiac ultrasound at Massachusetts General
Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chen has held staff
and faculty positions at leading institutions in China, Germany,
and the United States. He is the recipient of many research
awards and honors.
Dr. Chen serves as a reviewer for the American Heart
Journal, the Journal of the American College of
Cardiology, Circulation, the Journal
of American Society of Echocardiography, Chest, and The
Israel Science Foundation. He is a published author
and co-author of numerous articles, reviews, and book chapters,
as well as a frequently invited lecturer.
His research interests include: hibernating, stunned or
ischemic myocardium; stress echocardiography; Doppler quantification
of valvular regurgitation; transesophageal echocardiography;
intravascular ultrasound for assessment of progression or
regression of atherosclerosis; intracardiac ultrasound for
assessment of RV and LV structure and function; and balloon
mitral valvuloplasty.
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