Chonyang Albert, MD

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

Chair, Cardiogenic Shock Commitee

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 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
4. Albert CL, White KT, Cremer PC, Jaber WA. Stress for a Stressed Out Heart: Classic Cardiac PET findings in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 2019 April; 26 (2): 679-680.
5. Albert CL, Morbid Obesity as a Therapeutic Target for Heart Failure. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2019 Sep 5;21(10):52.
6. Martyn T, Faulkenberg KD, Yaranov DM, Albert CL, Hutchinson C, Menon V, Estep JD, Nissen SE, Tang WHW, Starling RC. Initiation of Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitor in Heart Failure with Low Cardiac Output. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Nov;74(18):2326-2327
7. Albert CL, Estep JD. How to Optimize Patient Selection and Device Performance of the Newest Generation Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2019 Aug 7;21(9):48. doi: 10.1007/s11936-019-0748-x. PMID: 31388835.
8. Albert CL, Carmona-Rubio AE, Weiss AJ, Procop GG, Starling RC, Rodriguez ER. The Enemy Within: Sudden-Onset Reversible Cardiogenic Shock With Biopsy-Proven Cardiac Myocyte Infection by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Circulation. 2020 Nov 10;142(19):1865-1870
9. Martyn T, Faulkenberg KD, Albert CL, Il'giovine ZJ, Randhawa VK, Donnellan E, Menon V, Estep JD, Nissen SE, Wilson Tang WH, Starling RC. Acute Hemodynamic Effects of Sacubitril-Valsartan In Heart Failure Patients Receiving Intravenous Vasodilator and Inotropic Therapy. J Card Fail. 2021 Jan 16:S1071-9164(20)31585-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.12.013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33358957.
10. Tucker DL, Perry J, Bock A, Douglas A, Albert C, Kirksey L, Zhen-Yu Tong M. Left ventricular assist device implantation with axillary-axillary outflow graft. JTCVS Tech. 2020 Aug 12;4:197-199. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.08.015. PMID: 34318011; PMCID: PMC8303080.
11. Gonzalez MH, Wang Q, Yaranov DM, Albert C, Wolski K, Wagener J, Aggarwal A, Menon V, Jacob M, Tang W, Hsich E, Taylor D, Tong M, Soltesz E, Estep JD, Starling RC, Joyce E. Dynamic Assessment of Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index Provides Incremental Risk Assessment for Early Right Ventricular Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device. J Card Fail. 2021 Jul;27(7):777-785.
12. Isaza N, Gonzalez M, Saijo Y, Vega Brizneda M, Estep J, Starling RC, Albert C, Soltesz E, Tong MZ, Smedira N, Grimm RA, Griffin BP, Popovic ZB, Xu B. Incremental Value of Global Longitudinal Strain to Michigan Risk Score and Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index in Predicting Right Ventricular Failure Following Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Heart Lung Circ. 2022 Aug; 31(8):1110-1118
13. Isaza N, Gonzalez M, Vega Brizneda M, Saijo Y, Estep J, Starling RC, Albert C, Soltesz E, Tong MZ, Smedira N, Grimm RA, Griffin BP, Popovic ZB, Xu B. Incremental Value of Strain Imaging in the Multi-Parametric Approach for Evaluation and Prediction of Right Ventricular Failure Post Left Ventricular Assist Device. Heart Lung Circ. 2022 Nov;31(11):e145-e146.
14. Rickard J, Gold MR, Patel D, Wilkoff BL, Varma N, Sinha S, Albert C, Finet JE, Tang WHW, Marine J, Spragg D. Long-term outcomes in nonprogressors to cardiac resynchronization therapy. Heart Rhythm. 2023 Feb;20(2):165-170. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.10.029.
15. Brooksbank JA, Albert C. Device-based therapies for decompensated heart failure. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2023 Mar 1;38(2):116-123
16. Katizaner D, Albert C. Strcutral Interventions in Heart Failure: Mending a Broken Heart. J Clin Med. 2023 May 1;12 (9) 3243
17. Tang WH, Trachito L, Albert C, Gul ZG, Cikach FS Jr, Grove D, Wu Y, Dweik RA. Exhaled Breath Analysis Using Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry and Disease Severity in Heart Failure. Metabolites. 2023 Oct 3; 13(10):1049
18. Abadie B, Albert C, Bhat P, Harb S, Jacob M, Starling R, Tang, WH, Jaber, W. Frequency of Screening for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Warranty Period of Initial Low Risk Positron Emission Tomography. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2024 Jan 12
19. Mentias A, Desai M, Pandey A, Motairek I, Moudgil R, Albert C, et al. Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Adverse Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure. Journal American Heart Association 2024 July 31; 13 (15)
20. Abushouk A, Layoun H, Harb SC, Miyasaka R, Albert C, Starling RC, Reed GW, Krishnaswamy A, Yun JJ, Kapadia SR, Puri R. Real-World Patient Eligibility and Feasibility of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair or Replacement Interventions for Tricuspid Regurgitation. J Card Fail 2024 Oct;30(10):1265-1272.

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cardiovascular Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure )