Chonyang Albert, MD

Medical Director, Left Ventricular Assist Device & Mechanical Circulatory Support, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Chonyang L. Albert, MD FACC, FHFSA is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Robert Wood Johnson, in New Brunswick, NJ. She currently serves as the Medical Director of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) and Mechanical Circulatory Support. A graduate of Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, she completed internship and residency at the University of Pennsylvania before completing cardiovascular medicine and advanced heart failure fellowships at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, in Cleveland, Ohio. She served as an attending advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland. Dr. Albert joined RWJUH as the medical director of LVAD and MCS in November of 2023. She has also been appointed the chairwoman of the RWJUH Cardiogenic Shock Team. She has particular academic interest in myocarditis, sarcoidosis, cardiogenic shock, LVAD, and mechanical circulatory support and has presented peer-reviewed research and publications in these topics. 

1. Albert C, Koeth R, Jaber W. Warm heart, cold liver. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec;24(6):2040-2042. doi: 10.1007/s12350-016-0743-5. Epub 2016 Dec 2. PMID: 27914005.
2. Albert CL, Kamdar F, Hanna M. Contemporary Controversies in Digoxin Use in Systolic Heart Failure. Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2016 Oct;13(5):197-206. doi: 10.1007/s11897-016-0302-z. PMID: 27696142.
3. Albert, CL., Koeth, R., Jaber, W., 2017. Warm heart, cold liver. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 24, 2040–2042
4. Albert C, Estep JD. Economic Impact of Chronic Heart Failure Management in Today's Cost-Conscious Environment. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2019 Mar;11(1):1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2018.11.002. Epub 2018 Dec 22. PMID: 30717841.