Physician Profile

Ravin Davidoff, MD

Chief Medical Officer
Vice President of Medical Affairs

Academic Appointment:

Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Medical School:

• University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (1977)

Residency:

• Boston Medical Center, Boston MA (1985)

Post Residency:

• Fellowship in Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA (1988)

Board Certification:

• Internal Medicine
• Cardiovascular Disease

Special Interest(s):

• Valvular heart disease
• Echocardiography
• Coronary artery disease
• Thoracic aortic disease
• Iscehmic heart disease
• Marfan Syndrome

Bio:

An associate professor of medicine, he is Director of Clinical Cardiology, Director of Echocardiography and Co-Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology. Dr. Davidoff has received numerous teaching awards including the Stanley L. Robbins in 1994 from Boston University School of Medicine, and has twice received the "Excellence in Teaching Award" from the Department of Medicine. His research interests relate to the interaction between LV geometry and function, and he has utilized echocardiography to explore these features in multicenter studies of myocarditis and cardiogenic shock. He is presently using echocardiographic techniques to evaluate diastolic function in patients with cardiac amyloidosis as well as in patients after cardiac surgery. He is Chair of the Education Steering Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography.

Other Links:

• PubMed Search of Publications