Brian Choi

Brian Choi is a Professor in the departments of Medicine and Radiology, Co-Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Chief Medical Information Officer for the medical faculty of the George Washington University, and a board-certified cardiologist specializing in all modalities of non-invasive cardiac imaging. He has successfully led conversions of multiple EMRs to Epic, major upgrades of Allscripts TouchWorks, an implementation of Cerner Dynamic Documentation, a transition from pager-based communication to smartphone-based HIPAA-compliant secure messaging, and rapid expansion of telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Choi’s informatics research portfolio includes peer-reviewed publications on the use of embedded clinical decision support in electronic medical record systems, smartphone-based echocardiography, and mobile technologies to enhance delivery of care in the developing world. He has received grants from the NIH and industry to evaluate the use of mHealth apps for patients with cardiovascular disease. Dr. Choi has been invited to speak at medical conferences worldwide, and his research has been honored with an American Heart Association Merit Award for Young Investigators, the New York Cardiological Society Young Investigator Award, and a National Institutes of Health National Service Research Award.

Dr. Choi is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a Director of RAD-AID International, and Managing Member of the GW Health Network Accountable Care Organization. He has consistently been named a Top Doctor by the Washingtonian since his first eligibility. He has been an abstract grader for major scientific meetings and an invited reviewer for leading cardiology publications.

Prior to his career in medicine, he developed new products for some of the world’s leading healthcare companies including Medtronic and Pfizer.

Training

Residency:

• The Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2004
• Cardiology Fellowship: The Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2008

Expertise

• Non-invasive cardiac imaging
• Coronary artery disease
• Congestive heart failure
• Valvular heart disease
• General cardiology
• Health informatics

Presentations

• “Capitol Hill briefing: advancing interoperability to improve health and health care.” Presented at Friends of HL7, Washington, DC, March 29, 2023.
• “Age, gender and race bias in provider adherence to the 2018 AHA/ACC cholesterol guidelines: a single-center retrospective cohort analysis.” Presented at the American Heart Association QCOR Scientific Sessions, Reston, VA, May 13, 2022.
• “Digital health and AI in cardiology: hope, hype and implementation challenges.” 2021 Mid-Atlantic Capital Cardiology Symposium, Washington, DC, November 21, 2021.
• “Innovations in medicine: the latest in cardiovascular treatments.” Presented at the Diplomat Health Conference, Washington, DC, May 19, 2021.
• “Health systems informatics support of opioid prescribing regulations and data needs.” DCRx Module: The Opioid Crisis and Public Health Experience in the District of Columbia in 2020, DC Health Center for Rational Prescribing, Washington, DC, December 4, 2020.
• “Optimizing technology investments for Medicare Quality Payment Program success.” HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, March 13, 2020.
• “A new era of health information availability: preparing physicians for change.” American College of Surgeons Surgical Quality Alliance Meeting, Washington, DC, April 23, 2019.
• “Cardiovascular informatics: perspectives on cardiovascular imaging.” Society for Imaging Informatics Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD, June 1, 2018.
• “Intervention to alter dietary consumption to a Mediterranean diet in an American cardiology patient population: a randomized controlled trial of coaching delivered via smartphone app versus traditional counseling.” American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL, March 11, 2018.
• “Replacing pagers with smartphone-based secure messaging in an academic medical center.” AMDIS/HIMSS Physicians Executive Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, March 5, 2018.

Leadership/National Membership

• Member, American College of Cardiology Informatics and Health IT Task Force, 2017-2020
• Director, RAD-AID International, 2015-present