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Alan Kwan

Assistant Professor

Cardiology

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4393-1011
  • Assistant Professor
    Cardiology
  • Director, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Cardiology
  • Staff Physician
    Smidt Heart Institute
  • (310) 423-2726 (Work)
  • (310) 423-6795 (Fax)
  • Cedars-Sinai, Smidt Heart Institute, 127 S San Vicente Blvd #A3600, Los Angeles, CA, 90048

BIO

Dr. Kwan is a cardiologist and physician-scientist with expertise in clinical and research cardiovascular imaging. He is the Director of Cardiac MRI for the Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute. His academic interests include prospective longitudinal cohort studies, novel imaging techniques and risk markers, and multidisciplinary collaboration within multimodality cardiac imaging; as well as guided mentorship of Fellows and Early Career Faculty.

CURRENT CEDARS-SINAI APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Cardiology1 Jan 2024 - present
  • Director, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Cedars-Sinai, Cardiology22 Feb 2026 - present
  • Staff Physician
    Cedars-Sinai, Smidt Heart Institute1 Jul 2021 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Instructor
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cardiology, Los Angeles, United States1 Jul 2021 - 1 Feb 2024
  • Associate Medical Director
    Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States1 Oct 2021 - present
  • Director of Cardiovascular Imaging
    Institute for Research on Healthy Aging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States2022 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Immunology Research Assistant
    Seattle Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, United States1 May 2006 - 1 Sep 2006
  • Policy/Research Intern
    Washington State Medicaid, Olympia, United States1 Jul 2008 - 1 Jan 2009
  • Medical Scholars Research Program Research Fellow
    National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States1 Jul 2012 - 1 Jul 2013

DEGREES

  • Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Magna cum Laude with Distinction
    Amherst College, Amherst, United States2004 - 2008
  • Doctor of Medicine with Honors
    University of Washington, Seattle, United States2009 - 2014
  • Master of Science in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States2019 - 2021

CERTIFICATIONS

  • ABIM Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, United States2017 - present
    Board Certification
  • ABIM Cardiovascular Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, United States2021 - present
  • CBCMR Cardiac MRI
    Certification Board of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Rockville, United States2021 - present
  • CBCCT Cardiovascular CT
    Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Rockville, United States2021 - present
  • NBE Echocardiography
    National Board of Echocardiography, Raleigh, United States2021 - present
  • CBNC Nuclear Cardiology
    Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, Rockville, United States2021 - present

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Internal Medicine Residency
    Johns Hopkins Hospital, Internal Medicine, Baltimore, United States2014 - 2017
    Internal MedicineResidencySupervised by Desai SD
  • General Cardiology Fellowship
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cardiology, Los Angeles, United States2017 - 2020
    CardiologyClinical FellowshipSupervised by Goldhaber JG
  • Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cardiology/Radiology, Los Angeles, United States2019 - 2021
    Advanced Cardiac ImagingClinical FellowshipSupervised by Berman DB
  • Advanced Cardiology Research Fellowship
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cardiology, Los Angeles, United States2019 - 2021
    Advanced Cardiology ResearchPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Goldhaber JG

LANGUAGES

  • English

OPEN TO

  • Collaborative projects
  • Media enquiries
  • Industry Projects

TAGS

  • Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
  • Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship
  • Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
  • Biomedical imaging
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer vision