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Susan Cheng

Professor

Cardiology

Orcid identifier0000-0002-0587-1572
  • Professor
    Cardiology
  • Director, Institute for Research on Healthy Aging
    Cardiology
  • Staff Physician
    Smidt Heart Institute
  • (310) 423-2726 (Work)
  • (310) 423-3522 (Fax)
  • Cedars-Sinai, Smidt Heart Institute, 127 S San Vicente Blvd #A3600, Los Angeles, CA, 90048

BIO

Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH is Professor of Cardiology and Chair of the Department of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She is also the Stephen R. Corday, MD, Distinguished Chair in Cardiology within the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Cheng is a physician-scientist whose research has centered on uncovering drivers of cardiovascular aging in women and men. Dr. Cheng has authored over 500 research manuscripts and her work has been supported by continuous funding from the NIH. She received her bachelor's degree from Harvard College, medical degree from McMaster University, master's of medical science from MIT, and master’s of public health from Harvard. Dr. Cheng completed internal medicine training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and cardiology training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is co-chair of the Ancillary Studies Steering Committee and co-director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at the Framingham Heart Study. Dr. Cheng has served on the editorial boards of major cardiovascular and imaging journals as well as on leadership committees for the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology. Dr. Cheng currently serves on Council for the American Society for Clinical Investigation and has received numerous recognitions for her mentoring including from the American Heart Association.

CURRENT CEDARS-SINAI APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Cardiology1 Jul 2021 - present
  • Director, Institute for Research on Healthy Aging
    Cedars-Sinai, Cardiology1 Jun 2020 - present
  • Staff Physician
    Cedars-Sinai, Smidt Heart Institute17 Sep 2018 - present
  • Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women's Cardiovascular Health and Population Science
    Cedars-Sinai15 Aug 2018 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Vice Chair, Research
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cardiology, United States10 Sep 2023 - present
  • Professor
    UCLA, Medicine, Los Angeles, United StatesJul 2022 - present
  • Associate Professor
    UCLA, Medicine, United StatesJul 2019 - Jun 2022
  • Lecturer
    BWH and HMS, Medicine, United StatesSep 2018 - present
  • Co-Director
    Echocardiography Laboratory, Framingham Heart Study, United StatesJul 2012 - present
  • Co-Chair
    Framingham Ancillary Investigators Steering Committee, Framingham Heart Study, United StatesSep 2018 - present
  • Assistant Professor
    BWH and HMS, Medicine, United StatesApr 2014 - Sep 2018
  • Instructor
    BWH and HMS, Medicine, United StatesJul 2011 - Mar 2014
  • Associate Physician
    BWH, Cardiovascular Medicine, United StatesJul 2011 - Sep 2018
  • Consulting Staff
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Medical Oncology, Boston, United StatesJul 2011 - Jun 2018
  • Associate Physician Scientist
    BWH, Preventive Medicine, United StatesMay 2015 - Sep 2018
  • Associate Director, Cardiac Imaging Core Laboratory
    BWH, United StatesFeb 2012 - Aug 2018
  • Co-Director, The Brigham Cardiology Board Review Distance Learning Course
    BWH, United StatesJan 2013 - May 2020

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Co-Founder and Director, Health Advocacy Program,
    Boston Medical Center, Boston, United StatesJan 1996 - Jun 1997
  • Co-Founder
    Idiom Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, United StatesMay 1998 - Aug 1999
  • Special Assistant
    New York City Department of Health, New YorkJun 1998 - May 1999
  • Freelance Web Designer
    www.silkview.comAug 1999 - present

DEGREES

  • M.D.
    Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada1999 - 2003
  • A.B. magna cum laude in History of Science
    Harvard College, Cambridge, United States1994 - 1998
  • M.M.Sc. in Clinical and Translational Investigation
    HMS and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States2009 - 2011
  • M.P.H. in Clinical Effectiveness
    Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, United States2010 - 2012

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Diplomate Board Certification, Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine2006 - present
    ABIM ID: 268490
  • Diplomate Board Certification, Cardiovascular Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine2018 - present
  • Diplomate Board Certification, Cardiovascular Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine2009 - present
  • Diplomate Board Certification
    Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography (Level III)2010 - present

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Internship and Residency
    Johns Hopkins Hospital, Internal Medicine, Baltimore, United States2003 - 2006
  • Clinical Fellow
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS), Cardiovascular Medicine, Boston, United States2006 - 2009
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship
    Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and HMS, Boston, United States2009 - 2011
    Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship
    Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, United States2009 - 2011
    Postdoctoral Fellowship

LANGUAGES

  • English

TAGS

  • Cardiovascular medicine and hematology
  • Clinical sciences
  • Health services and systems
  • Public health
  • Medical physiology
  • Medical biotechnology
  • Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Genetics
  • Aging and Geroscience
  • Epidemiology and Population Sciences Research
  • Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
  • Center for Translational Geroscience