Publications
2026
Rick Volleberg MD, Doosup Shin MD, Christian Calistro, Adil Ansari, Lionel Chong, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Ziad Ali MD DPhil. “Stent Failure in Contemporary Practice,” Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2026.
Lionel Chong, Doosup Shin MD, Matthew Cannata, Roosha Parikh MD, Eric Wolff, Adil Ansari, Christian Calistro, Zainab Sami, Rafid Hoque, Jie Cao MD MPH, Lou Chen MD, Jonathan Weber MPH, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, David Cohen MD MSc, Jeffrey Moses MD, Jaffar Khan MD PhD, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Omar Khalique MD, Brian Beatty PhD, Ziad Ali MD DPhil. “Photon-Counting Detector CT Significantly Reduces Calcium Blooming Compared With Energy-Integrating Detector CT: Validation With Micro-CT,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2026.
Lionel Chong, Adil Ansari, Christian Calistro, Rick Volleberg MD, Zainab Sami, Eric Wolff, Jonathan Weber MPH, Fernando Sosa, David Cohen MD MSc, Jeffrey Moses MD, Jaffar Khan MD PhD, Omar Khalique MD, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Doosup Shin MD, and Ziad Ali MD DPhil. “Impact of Drug-Coated Balloon Inflation Time on Procedural and Clinical Outcomes,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2026.
Eric Wolff, Lionel Chong, Genie Miraglia, Doosup Shin MD, Matthew Cannata, Adil Ansari, Christian Calistro, Zainab Sami, Rafid Hoque, Roosha Parikh MD, Jie Cao MD, Lou Chen MD, Jonathan Weber MPH, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, David Cohen MD MSc, Jeffrey Moses MD, Jaffar Khan MD PhD, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Ziad Ali MD DPhil, Brian Beatty PhD, Omar Khalique MD. “Comparison of Coronary Calcium Score Between Energy-Integrating Detector CT and Photon-Counting Detector CT in Cadaveric Coronary Arteries,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2026.
Christian Calistro, Lionel Chong, Zainab Sami, Adil Ansari, Eric Wolff, Jonathan Weber MPH, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, David Cohen MD MSc, Jeffrey Moses MD, Jaffar Khan MD PhD, Omar Khalique MD, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Doosup Shin MD, Ziad Ali MD DPhil. “Assessment of Residual Ischemia Using Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve Following Coronary Percutaneous Intervention,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2026.
Adil Ansari, Doosup Shin MD, Roosha Parikh MD, Christian Calistro, Lionel Chong, Zainab Sami, Eric Wolff, Jonathan Weber MPH, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, Jie Cao MD, Lou Chen MD, Jeffrey Moses MD, David Cohen MD MSc, Jaffar Khan MD PhD, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias DO, Ziad Ali MD DPhil, Omar Khalique MD, Rafid Hoque MD. “Assessment of Residual Ischemia Using Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve Following Coronary Percutaneous Intervention,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2026.
2025
Lionel Chong, Gazi Husain, Daniel Nasef, Prince Vathappallil, Mihir Matalia, Milan Toma PhD. “Machine Learning Strategies for Improved Cardiovascular Disease Detection,” European Society of Medicine Medical Research Archives. 2025.
Lionel Chong, John Christopher Magnotto, Pradyumna Simha, Shahzabe Mann, Gazi Husain, Jacob Fomin, Alexis Kim, Brian Beatty PhD. “Exploring variations across distinct segments of cadaveric left anterior descending arteries: a multimodal imaging analysis,” Developmental Dynamics. 2025.
Lionel Chong, Rick Volleberg MD, Doosup Shin MD, Christian Calistro, Adil Ansari, Christopher Chieh Yang Koo MD, Emma Caron, Matthew Cannata, Yasemin Ciftcikal, Roosha Parikh MD, Jonathan Weber MPH, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, David Cohen MD MSc, Jeffrey Moses MD, Jaffar Khan MD PhD, Carlos Collet MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Niels van Royen MD, Omar Khalique MD, Ziad Ali MD PhD. “Photon-Counting Versus Energy-Integrating Detector-Computed Tomography for the Identification of Coronary High-Risk Plaques,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2025.
Ziad Ali MD DPhil, Rick Volleberg MD, Doosup Shin MD, Lionel Chong, Christian Calistro, Adil Ansari, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Jeffrey Moses MD, Allen Jeremias MD MSc. “Intravascular Imaging in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention,” Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2025.
Christian Calistro, Roosha Parikh MD, Doosup Shin MD, Lionel Chong, Adil Ansari, Koshiro Sakai MD, Mandeep Singh, Emma Caron, Matthew Cannata, Yasemin Ciftcikal, Jonathan Weber MPH, Rick Volleberg MD, Karli Pipitone, Jane Cao MD MPH, Lu Chen MD, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, Krishna Patel MD, Mary Elizabeth Duggan, Jaffar Khan MD PhD, David Cohen MD MSc, Jeffrey Moses MD, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Carlos Collet MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Ziad Ali MD DPhil, Omar Khalique MD. “Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease in Older Adults,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2025.
Doosup Shin MD, Rick Volleberg MD, Roosha Parikh MD, Adil Ansari, Christian Calistro, Lionel Chong, Christopher Chieh Yang Koo MD, Matthew Cannata, Emma Caron, Yasemin Ciftcikal, Koshiro Sakai MD, Jane Cao MD MPH, Lu Chen MD, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, Jonathan Weber MPH, Jaffar Khan MD PhD, David Cohen MD MSc, Jeffrey Moses MD, Niels van Royen MD, Carlos Collet MD, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Omar Khalique MD, Ziad Ali MD DPhil. “Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography for the Assessment of Coronary Stents and In-Stent Restenosis.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2025.
Rick Volleberg MD, Doosup Shin MD, Ruben van der Waerden, Simone Saitta, Jos Thannhauser, Joske van der Zande, Thijs Luttikholt, Pierandrea Cancian, Xiaojin Gu, Leah Heil, Clara Sánchez, Bram van Ginneken, Ivana Išgum, Christian Calistro, Lionel Chong, Adil Ansari, Richard Shlofmitz MD, Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Fernando Sosa MS MBA, David Cohen MD, Jeffrey Moses MD, Niels van Royen MD, Ziad Ali MD DPhil. “Deep Learning-Derived Plaque Burden for Intracoronary Optical Coherence Tomography: an Intravascular Ultrasound-Based Validation Study.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2025.
Evan Shlofmitz DO, Allen Jeremias MD MSc, Brian Bergmark, Ajar Kocher, David Gross, Dhruv Mahtta, Raghav Gattani, Zaid Almarzooq, Jay Khambhati, Jacob Burns, Adil Ansari, Lionel Chong, Christian Calistro, Fernando Sosa, Doosup Shin MD, Jeffrey Moses MD, Kevin Croce, Ziad Ali MD DPhil, Jonathan Hill, Richard Shlofmitz MD. “Combined DeepOCT+NIRS Imaging for Coronary Stent Optimization: Results from the Investigational Study of SpectraWAVE’s HyperVue Imaging System.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2025.
John Christopher Magnotto, Lionel Chong, Shahzabe Mann, Pradyumna Simha, Gazi Husain, Jacob Fomin, Alexis Kim, Brian Beatty PhD. “Multimodal Imaging Insights into Segmental Physical Differences in Cadaveric Left Anterior Descending Arteries,” Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 2025.
Pradyumna Simha, Lionel Chong, JC Magnotto, Shahzabe Mann, Gazi Husain, Jacob Fomin, Alexis Kim, Brian Beatty PhD. “Assessing the Impact of Calcification on Luminal Surface Complexity in Cadaveric Left Anterior Descending Arteries,” Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 2025.
Lionel Chong, Sultan Kaur, Isabela Romao, MD. “A Potential Case of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome as a Complication of COVID-19 Infection: A Case Study.” AMA Research Challenge. 2025.
2024
Lionel Chong, Caleb Sooknanan, Shawn Geffken, Tint Tha Ra Wun, Anoushka Guha, Pooja Jaiswal, Tamayo Kobayashi, Satoru Kobayashi PhD, Qiangrong Liang MD PhD. “PAK1 regulates cardiomyocyte autophagy through p62,” AMA Research Challenge. 2024.
Johnathan Yarbro, Lionel Chong, Caleb Sooknanan, Chris Mathew, Pritpaul Singh, Michelle Kim, Kinza Ahmed, Rohan Francis, Tamayo Kobayashi, Yuan Huang, Satoru Kobayashi PhD, Qiangrong Liang MD PhD. “P21-activated kinase 1 safeguards cardiac function from impairment during fasting,” Circulation. 2024.
Lionel Chong, Gazi Husain, John Christopher Magnotto, Shahzabe Mann, Pradyumna Simha, Brian Beatty PhD. “The effects of age and sex on luminal surface complexity in cadaveric left anterior descending arteries,” Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2024.
Lionel Chong, Gazi Husain, John Christopher Magnotto, Shahzabe Mann, Pradyumna Simha, Brian Beatty PhD. “Calcification alters the luminal surface of cadaveric left anterior descending arteries,” Circulation. 2024.
Lionel Chong, Nicholas Dushaj, Ani Rakoubian, Johnathan Yarbro, Satoru Kobayashi PhD, Qiangrong Liang MD PhD. “Unraveling the Roles of HIF-1, HO-1, GLUT-1 and GLUT-4 in Myocardial Protection,” International Journal of Drug Discovery and Pharmacology. 2024.
Presentations
“Exploring variations across distinct segments of cadaveric left anterior descending arteries: a multimodal imaging analysis.”
2025 Anatomy Connected Annual Conference – Portland, OR
2025 APSA Northeast Regional Meeting – Stony Brook, NY
2025 NYSOMS Poster Competition – White Plains, NY
2025 NYIT BRIIC Opening Ceremony – Old Westbury, NY
“Calcification alters the luminal surface of cadaveric left anterior descending arteries."
2024 AHA Annual Scientific Sessions – Chicago, IL
“The effects of age and sex on luminal surface complexity in cadaveric left anterior descending arteries.”
2024 CCS Canadian Cardiovascular Congress – Vancouver, BC
2024 AMA Research Challenge Symposium – Orlando, FL
"PAK1 regulates cardiomyocyte autophagy through p62."
2023 NYITCOM Research Symposium – Old Westbury, NY
"A Potential Case of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome as a Complication of COVID-19 Infection: A Case Study."
2024 NYITCOM Research Symposium – Old Westbury, NY
"Photon-Counting Versus Energy-Integrating Detector-Computed Tomography for the Identification of Coronary High-Risk Plaques."
2025 CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics – San Francisco, CA
Awards & Honors
NYITCOM Research Award Nomination 2024 & 2025
CCS Trainee Research Award for Basic Sciences 2024
AHA Student Research Scholarship for Cardiovascular Disease 2024
NYITCOM Summer Research Fellowship 2025
NYITCOM Summer Research Fellowship 2024
NYITCOM Anatomy Lab Research Grant 2023
Meet the Team
Lionel Chong
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