Internal Medicine Lehigh Valley
Resume:
Robert F. Malacoff, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FHRS, CCDS
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EDUCATION:
M.D. – 05/1975 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut
B.S. – 05/1971; Chemical Engineering Columbia University New York, NY
MD - 06/1975 Yale University New Haven, Ct.
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
Internships & Residencies:
07/1975-06/1978 Resident in Internal Medicine; Yale – New Haven Hospital; New Haven, Connecticut; Chief of Medicine: Samuel Their MD
Research Fellowships:
07/1981-06/1982 Research/Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Electrophysiology Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Director, Electrophysiology Service: Jeremy Ruskin MD
07/1978-06/1981 Research/Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Chief, Cardiology: Thomas Smith MD (Deceased)
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION:
08/2012 International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy for the Physician- Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS)
03/2006-05/2016 American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
03/1996 American Board of Internal Medicine; Added Qualifications in Clinical Electrophysiology; Recertification 2006
05/1994 Fellow, The Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions #172493 (FSCAI)
05/2014-Present; Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS)
02/1989-2016; Active, 2017-Active Commonwealth of Pennsylvania License MD-043473E
1987-1989; 01/2015-Present; New York State License- 172493-1
07/1986-Present; Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC)
11/1981 American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty Boards in Cardiovascular Medicine; Lifetime Certification
09/1978 American Board of Internal Medicine, Board Certification in Internal Medicine; Lifetime Certification
1978-1987 Massachusetts Medical License (Inactive) #43391
1976-1980 Connecticut Medical License (Inactive) #18278
DEA Controlled Substance Registration; US Department of Justice, Washington D.C. (AM2157659); Issue Date 12-03-2018,
ACLS Provider – Certificate Number: 154************ Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Renewal12/07/2020
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
07/1983-1987 Clinical Instructor in Medicine Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts
07/1978-1982 Research Fellow in Medicine Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
03/2019-Locums Tenens, Cardiology, Gettysburg Hospital (Inpatient/Outpatient)
1/2018-Sabattical
08/2017-Lehigh University; Health Science Engineering Program
03/2015-05/2017 Medical Director, Cardiology, Greater Hudson Valley Health System, Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, NY
07/2007-02/2015 Cardiologist/Electrophysiologist; Member of Lehigh Valley Heart Specialists Lehigh Valley Physician Group
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Allentown, Pa
01/2009-2010 Lehigh Valley Physician Group: Assistant Medical Director; Subspecialty Services
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Allentown, Pa
07/2007-2012 Medical Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA
07/2007 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Penn State College of Medicine
07/2003-06/2007 Chief, Electrophysiology Laboratory Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg Bethlehem, PA
05/1998-06/2007 Member, Lehigh Valley Cardiology Associates Bethlehem, PA
04/1993-04/1998 Cardiovascular Medicine, PC Bethlehem, PA
06/1989-04/1993 Valley Cardiology Associates Bethlehem, Pa
01/1996-2003 Chief, Electrophysiology Laboratory St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, Pa
09/1991-1996 Chief, Section of Cardiology St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, Pa
06/1987-1988 Director, Coronary Care Unit South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY
06/1987-1988 Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory South Nassau Communities Hospital Oceanside, NY
05/1983-05/1987 Director, Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Laboratory Lahey Clinical Medical Center Burlington, MA
07/1982-06/1987 Attending Staff, Cardiology Section Department of Internal Medicine Lahey Clinical Medical Center Burlington, MA
0/61980-07/1981 Junior Associate in Medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Brookline, MA
AWARDS AND HONORS:
05/1975 Cum Laude, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
05/1970 Tau Beta Pi, Columbia University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, NY, NY
06/2000 William D. Reppert, M.D. Teaching Award, Awarded by House Staff, St. Luke’s Hospital Bethlehem, Pa
2011 Recognized as one of 16 Physicians at Lehigh Valley Hospital a "Top Doctor" in U.S. News and World Report review of Regional Hospitals in the Lehigh Valley, (Electrophysiology)
MEMBERSHIPS:
06/1994-present; Formerly NASPE, now Heart Rhythm Society
06/1988-1989 Nassau County Medical Society
06/1983-present; American College of Cardiology
07/1983-1989 Massachusetts Medical Society
07/1981-1982 American Federation for Clinical Research
07/1979 American Heart Association
07/1978-1980 American College of Physicians
06/1989 Northampton County Medical Society Pennsylvania Medical Society
PATENT:
Patent No.: US 6,540,765 B1, Apr. 1, 2003 Apparatus for Positioning a Cardiac Pacer Lead
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Original Reports
1. Malacoff RF, Clearance of tobramycin and clindamycin in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Honors Thesis (in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Medicine).
2. Malacoff RF, Finkelstein FO, Andriole VT. Effect of peritoneal dialysis on serum levels of tobramycin and clindamycin. Antimicrobial Agents Chemother. 1975; 8:574.
3. Malacoff RF, Frank E, Andriole VT. Streptococcal non-enterococcal, Non-group A) Endocarditis: Single versus combination therapy. Am J. Cardiol. JAMA 1979: 241-1807.
4. Wynne J, Malacoff RF, Benotti J, Curfman GD, Grossman W, Holman BL, Braunwald E. Oral amrinone in refractory congestive heart failure. Am J. Cardiol. 1980; 45:1245.
5. Colucci WS, Homan BL, Wynne J, Carabello BA, Malacoff RF, Rossman W, Braunwald E. Improved right ventricular function and reduced pulmonary vascular resistance during prazosin treatment of congestive heart failure. Am J. Med. 1981; 71:75080.
6. Rude RE, Grossman W, Colucci WS, Benotti J, Carabello BA, Wynne J, Malacoff RF Braunwald E. Problems in the assessment of the new pharmacologic agents for the heart failure patient. Am Heart J. 1981; 102:584-90.
7. Malacoff RF, Cohn PF. Angina pectoris: current concepts. J. Cardiovasc. Med. 1981:6(11).
8. Malacoff RF, Lorell BH, Mudge GH JR, Holman BL, Idoine J, Bifolck L, Cohn PF. Beneficial effect of nifedipine on regional myocardial blood flow in patients with stable angina pectoris. Circulation. 1982; 65(1):33-7.
9. Malacoff RF, Mudge GH Jr. Homan BL, Idoine J. Bifolck L, Cohn PF. Effects of the cold pressor test on regional myocardial blood flow in patients with coronary artery disease. Am Heart J. 1983; 106(1) 78-84.
10. Malacoff RF. Sudden cardiac death. Post Grad Med. 1984; 75;269-274.
11. McGovern B, Garan H, Malacoff RF, DiMarco JP, Grant G, Sellers TD, Ruskin JN. Long-term clinical outcome of ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation treated with amiodarone. Am J. Cardiol. 1984; June 1: 53(11): 1558-63.
12. Naggar CZ, Dillon WD, Butterly JR, Malacoff RF. Echocardiographic manifestations of tense pericardial effusion. JACC. 1985:6(2):467-70.
13. Malacoff RF. Ventricular arrhythmias: Management strategy. Med Clin No Amer. 1986; 70(6); 1267-1277.
14. Shahian DM, Butterly JR, Malacoff RF. Total Obstruction of the Left Main Coronary Artery. Ann Thoracic Surg 1988; 46:317-320.
15. Qureshi AM, Altemose G, Borzgnia B, Nawaz Y, Awour S, Malacoff RF. Complex Case Study: A Unique Instance Of Wolf-Parkinson-White Pattern and Congenital Long QT Syndrome. The Journal of Innovations In Cardiac Rhythm Management, July 2014; 1692-1699
16. Muppidi R,Spranklin L,Scialla W, Freudenberger R, Malacoff R.
Cardiotoxicity of Anticancer Therapies. Rev Cardiovasc Med 2015; 16(4) 225-34
17. Zaineb Shamim1, Pooja R. Sarkar2, Robert Malacoff MD, Murali G. Krishna MD; Amiodarone Pulmonary Toxicity: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; 2016, Volume 6, Issue 3, 1-3
1 Foundation University Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2 Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, NY- 10941,3 Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) - Middletown, NY- 10940, 4 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and Division of Cardiology, Orange Regional Medical Group, Middletown, NY- 10941 Bibliography, Robert F. Malacoff, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.
Malacoff, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FHRS, CCDS, page 3
Abstracts:
1. Malacoff RF, Curfman CD, Wynne J, Neill J, Braunwald E. Inotropic effect of amrinone in severe congestive heart failure: lack of attentuion with sequential doses. Am J. Cardiol. 1980:45:433.
2. Malacoff RF, Mudge GH Jr, Holman BL, Cohn PF. Effect of the cold pressor test on regional myocardial blood flow in patients with coronary artery disease. Clin Res. 1980; 28:194A.
3. Malacoff RF, Mudge GH Jr, Holman BL, Bifolck L, Berman M, Cohn PF. Determination of regional myocardial blood flow in patients with stable angina before and after administration of nifedipine. Circulation. 1980; 62(3):102.
4. Malacoff RF, Mudge GH JR, Holman BL, Bifolck L, Cohn PF. Beneficial effect of nifedipine on regional myocardial flow during the cold pressor test in patients with coronary artery disease. Clin Res. 1981; 29:220A.
5. McGovern, B, Garan H, Malacoff RF, DiMarco JP, Sellers TD, Ruskin JN. Predictive accuracy of electrophysiologic testing in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias with amiodarone. Circulation. 1982; 66(4):223.
6. Garan H, Ruskin JN, McGovern B, Malacoff RF, Derkac W, Buckley MJ. Factors determining the immediate and long-term outcome of map-guided aneurysmectomy for ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Circulation. 1982; 66(4):221.
7. Malacoff RF, McGovern B, Ruskin JN, Gold HK, Leinbach RC, Garan H. Ventricular electrical stability in patients treated with streptokinase during acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1983: 1(2):604.
8. Malacoff RF, McGovern B, Garan H, Ruskin JN, Kelly E. Antiarrhythmic therapy guided by electrophysiologic testing in patients with mitral valve prolapse. Am J Cardiol. 1983: 1(2):608.
Research Projects: (While at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg and Cedar Crest sites, 1998-2015)
1. Principal Investigator, Guidant Renewal-HRV study.
2. Principal Investigator, Medtronic-PROSPECT study.
3. Principal Investigator, Guidant Reliance-G ICD lead evaluation.
4. Principal Instructor, Guidant ICD Training Program, LVH- MHC, and St. Paul, Minnesota
Hospital Information Systems:
On-site Principal Physician Champion for the development and implementation of Electrophysiology Reporting System (GE Centricity) @Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18103; 2007-08
Maintenance of the NCDR database for ICD device implantation @Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA 18103; 2007-11
Development of Pacer/ICD Device Clinic EMR(Electronic Medical Record) at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network; 2012-13
Developed CIED (Cardiac Implanted Electronic Device)worksheet for pre-operative evaluation of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery who have implanted devices (pacemaker, defibrillator, cardiac resynchronization devices); Now included in "Pre-operative Packet" utilized for preoperative evaluation of all patients undergoing surgery at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network; 2013
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/COMMITTEES:
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Quality Assurance Committee; 2007
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Cardiovascular Leadership Council (Regional Heart Center); 2007
oExtensive experience presenting on the topics of cardiomyopathy, management of congestive heart failure, arrhythmia diagnosis and treatment, and the identification of individuals at risk for sudden cardiac death.
National Speakers Bureau for Guidant, St. Jude Medical and Medtronic Corporations
oOrganized, directed or participated in CME accredited symposia on diagnosis and management of a variety of topics in Cardiovascular Medicine:
Cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms and Management; Can We Make a Difference? Seminar Director, Robert F. Malacoff, M.D., Co-Directors, Praveer Jain, M.D., Koroush Khaligi, M.D.; April 13, 2002, Holiday Inn, Bethlehem, PA. Sponsored by the St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network
Heart Failure: Drugs, Devices and Dysrhythmias; Seminar Director, Robert F. Malacoff, M.D., Co-Director, Robert H Biggs, D.O.; March 1, 2003, Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA. Sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Advances in Cardiac Care Symposium: Medical, Surgical, Interventional; February 3, 2005, Holiday Inn, Route 512, Bethlehem, PA. Sponsored by The Regional Heart Center, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Advanced EP for Allied Health Professionals; Electrophysiologic Testing 2005; October 15, 2005, Boston Marriott Long Wharf, Boston, MA. Medtronic Corporation
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Case Studies: Updates in Cardiovascular Care; December 10, 2005, Sofitel New York Hotel, NY. CRM Education, Guidant Corporation
Identification of Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death; Updates in Cardiovascular Care; February 25, 2006, The Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah. CRM Education, Guidant Corporation
The ABC’s of Clinical Electrocardiography: 12 Lead EKG Interpretation Course
oOctober 28, 2006, Laros Auditorium, Doctors’ Pavilion, St. Luke’s Hospital-Bethlehem Campus
Identification of Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death: Device Trials. Management of Ventricular Failure and Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Heart Failure Patient-A Primary Care Perspective; November 4, 2006, Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, Philadelphia, PA. Sponsored by Drexel University College of Medicine
The ABC’s of Clinical Electrocardiography: 12 Lead EKG Interpretation for the Allied Health Professional; Nov 12th and 13th, 2006, The Brooklyn Marriott, Brooklyn, NY. Medtronic Corporation
Indications for Device Therapy; 5th Annual Cardiovascular Update; Hazelton General Hospital, 2007; Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Blue Mountain Symposium: Contemporary Advances in Cardiovascular Services; Indications for Device Therapy; Nesquahoning, PA. October, 2008; Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
The 1st Annual LVHS Cardiology Symposium; May, 2008, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Kasych Pavilion, Allentown, PA. Program Director.
Grand Rounds: Indications for ICD Therapy in 2009; March, 2009; Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA.
The 2nd Annual LVPG Cardiology Symposium; May 16th, 2009, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Kasych Pavilion, Allentown, PA. Program Director
7th Annual Update: Contemporary Advances In Cardiovascular Services: Hazelton General Hospital; Understanding Atrial Fibrillation, Living with It, Diagnosis and Treatment. December 1st, 2009, Sugarloaf, PA.; Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Therapeutics: Patient Care in the Era of Health Care Reform; Kasych Pavilion, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA., March 6th, 2010
Blue Mountain Health Symposium: Contemporary Advances in Cardiovascular Services; Lehighton, PA. May 2010; Strategies for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation; Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA.
Hazelton Cardiology Symposium: Strategies for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation; Hazelton, PA.; November 2010; Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symposium: Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy and the Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. October 2010; Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA.
Community Educational Event: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy "The Silent Threat." Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy and the Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. October 2010; Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, PA.
Speaker: Management of Ventricular Failure and Cardiac Arrythmias in Heart
Failure Patients; Nov 2006, Drexel Univ College of Medicine; 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Interviewed for article: Living with Complex heart Disease; Healthy You; July/August 2013; Publication of Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Speaker: ICD implantation in 2012-13: Are we seeing the tip of the iceberg? Presented to General Internal Medicine Group, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network; December 2013
Speaker: Case Report: Inappropriate Use of IC Agents for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation resulting In Pro-Arrhythmia and Syncope. Pottsville Internal Medicine Associates, Sponsored by Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network; December 2013
Speaker: Evaluation of Syncope In the Emergency Department; Orange Regional Medical Center, Emergency Department; Director Dr. Anuj Vohra; June 18, 2015
Speaker: Evaluation and Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome and the Differential Diagnosis of NSTEMI; Orange Regional Medical Center, Emergency Department; Director Dr. Anuj Vohra; Sept 17, 2015
Speaker: Orange Regional Medical Center, Greater Hudson Valley Health System; Evaluation and Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction; Hospitalist Lecture Series, Orange Regional Medical Center, October 13, 2015
Speaker: Grand Rounds, Orange Regional Medical Center, Greater Hudson Valley Health System; Evaluation and Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction; November 12, 2015
CME Activities:
Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)-Board Review Course, Sept 2005; 31 AMA PRA Category* 1 Credits
HRS 2007: 28th Annual Scientific Sessions, May 2007; 10 Credits
A fib Summit; Heart Rhythm Society, May 2007; 15 Credits
ABIM Maintenance of Certification for EP: see attached; 104 Credits
HRS Advanced Ablation Course: Nov 2006; 25.75 Credits
39th Annual New York Cardiovascular Symposium ACCF: Dec 2006; 20 Credits
HRS Board Review Course-Clinical EP: Oct 2007; 26.75 Credits
The Advisory Board Company: Continuing Education, 2007-2008 CV Roundtable: Contact Hrs: 10.0
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Renewal Course; Dec 2008; Contact Hrs: 8.0
Harvard Med School Dept. Continuing Ed. Cardiovascular Medicine: Review/Update for the Practitioner, May 2009; 44.5 Credits
HRS 2009 Board Review Course in Clinical Cardiac EP: Sept 2009; 26.75 Credits
The Advisory Board Company: Continuing Education, 2009-2010 CV Roundtable: Contact Hrs: 10.0
HRS 2010: 31st Annual Scientific Sessions, May 2010; 30 Credits
Malacoff, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FHRS, CCDS, page 5
ACCF Cardiovascular Board Review for Certification and Recertification, Aug 2010; 38.25 Credits
HRS Catheter Ablation Course: Sept 2010; 24.25 Credits
Univ Penn School of Med Continuing Med Ed: 19th Annual State of the Art Arrhythmia Symposium; 7.75 Credits
HRS Board Review Course in Cardiac EP and ABIM CCEP Recertification Prep Course; Sept 2011; 28.75 Credits
Harvard Med School Dept. of Continuing Ed. Cardiovascular Medicine: Update for the Practitioner, April 2013: 43.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Heart Rhythm Society, Board Review Course in Clinical Electrophysiology, Sept, 2013, Chicago, Illinois; 25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
University of Pennsylvania 21st Annual State of the Art Arrhythmia Symposium; Philadelphia, Pa.; September 2013: 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
University of Pennsylvania 8th International Symposium on Ventricular Arrhythmias: Pathophysiology and Therapy; Philadelphia, Pa.; 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development: Cardiology at Cancun: Topics in Cardiology; Feb 24-28, 2014; 25.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
American College of Cardiology: 2014 ACC Cardiovascular Board Review for Certification and
Recertification; Chicago, IL Sept 2-6, 2014; 44 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Harvard Medical School Dept. of Continuing Ed.: Cardiovascular Medicine: Update for the Practitioner, May 3-7, 2015: 42.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Heart Rhythm Society, Board Review Course in Clinical Electrophysiology, August 17-20, 2016, Chicago, Illinois; 29.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
ABIM: Self Evaluation Activity Report for Dr. Robert Frederick Malacoff; Maintenance of Certification Program (all completed in 2016)-72.5 points
ACC Cardiovascular Board Review for Certification and Recertification, Activity Summary, Credits Awarded-38.25 (all completed in 2016)
Category 1 Credit hours including PMS0002-Recognition and Reporting Child Abuse, December 31, 2016, 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits Risk Management Strategies
Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 21st Annual State-of-the-Art Arrhythmia Symposium: Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Treatment Standards 2018 and Leonard N. Horowitz, MD Memorial Lecture; Saturday, September 8th, 2018; 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Harvard Medical School Dept. of Continuing Ed.: Update in Clinical Cardiology, Boston,MA., October 10-12, 2018; 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 22.5 ABIM MOC Points
Oakstone Practical Reviews in Cardiology; As of 10/14/2018, 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 24 ABIM MOC Points
2018 Pennsylvania Medical Licensure Program, 10/19/2018; Child Abuse, Opioid Prescribing, Patient Safety and Medical Liability; Awarded 16.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, ACLS Re-Certification 12/07/2018; 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
The Brigham Board Review in Cardiology; Oakstone Publishing, Release 10/31/2018; Completion 12/24/2018; 30.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 40.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 40.00 ABIM MOC Points
Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Current Advances in Heart and Vascular Care 2019, Saturday, March 2nd, 2019; 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 6.5 ABIM MOC Points
Mayo Clinic: Echo on Marco Island: A Case-Based Approach, December 16-19, 2019; 20 AMA PRA Category I Credits 20 ABIM MOC Points
Mayo Clinic: Cardiology in Cancun: Topics in Cardiology; Marriott Cancun Resort, February4-28, 2020, 24.75 AMA PRA Category I Credits 24.75 ABIM MOC Points
Harvard Medical School, Update in Clinical Cardiology, October 10-12, 2018, AMA PRA Category 1 Credits 22.50 ABIM MOC Points
Harvard Medical School, Update in Clinical Cardiology, October 14-16, 2020, AMA PRA Category 1 Credits 15. 25 ABIM MOC Points
Harvard Medical School, Update in Clinical Cardiology, October 13-15, 2021, AMA PRA Category 1 Credits 22.75 ABIM MOC Points
Harvard Medical School, Update in Clinical Cardiology, October 11-13, 2023, AMA PRA Category 1 Credits 22.50 ABIM MOC Points
Harvard Medical School, Update in Clinical Cardiology, October 16-18, 2024, AMA PRA Category 1 Credits 26.75 ABIM MOC Points
Teaching Residents, Medical Students:
While at Orange Regional Medical Center, 2015-2016, I most recently participated in the teaching of Medical Residents, and Medical Students on multiple occasions listed below. Teaching of trainees has been a major component of my career. These Category 2 Activities are as follows: In general, 4 week blocks (rotations) 5 days per week and 8 hours per day. Activities during these rotations included: Rounding on all patients on the Cardiology Service, Didactic Lectures on subjects that included: Congestive Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Myocardial Infarction, Literature Review (Journals I was currently reading- JACC, as well as 3 most recent articles that I was co-author-listed in Bibliography), EKG Review on a regular basis – utilizing “EKG Maven” –Beth Israel, Boston MA, Preceptor Participation of Resident(Orange Regional Medical Center Training Program), and Medical Student Training (Touro Medical School, Middletown, NY),Group Discussions of Patient Care of Patient on the Cardiology Service. (Documentation of this activity is attached separately; see Email from Orange Regional Medical Center that substantiates this activity).
October 2015 – 1 Medical Student (4 Weeks)
July 2016 – 1 Medical Student (4 Weeks)
July 2016- 1 Medical Student (4 Weeks)
September 2015 – 1 Resident (4 Weeks)
Feb-March 2016-1 Resident (2 Weeks)1 Resident (4 Weeks)
May-June 2016 – 1 Resident (4 Weeks)
These activities represent 8 hours a da of Category 2 Credits, for a total of 8 AMA PRA Credits per day, for a total of 26 weeks,
Research:
Malpositioned Pacemaker Lead Presenting as a Peculiar 12 EKG. Amit Nanavati MD, Robert F Malacoff MD; The Journal of Innovations In Cardiac Rhythm Management, (2013),1266-1268
Dabigatran: A New Chapter In Anticoagulation; Ahmed S, Levin V, Malacoff RF, Martinez MW: Cardiovascular & Hematologic Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 10(2):116-23; 2012, Jun.
Incidence and Predictors of Permanent Pacer Implantation after Valve Surgery. Bilal Ayub MD, Robert Malacoff MD, et al. Abstract accepted for presentation to the International World Congress of Heart Disease; Held in Boston, MA, July 2014
Constellation of LQTS, WPW and Torsade de Pointe in a Post-Partum Patient Exacerbated by Pronestyl Administration. Atul Qureshi MD, Robert Malacoff MD The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management, 5 (2014), 1692-1699
Implementation of a Cardiovascular Information System at Lehigh Valley Health Network; EP Digest, Feb 2011, interviewed by Ms. Jodie Elrod
Pregnancy in a Woman with an Uncommon Rhythm Disorder-Perspectives from a Perinatologist, Cardiologist, and Anesthesiologist: Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in Pregnancy. Quinones J., et al; Accepted for presentation at the ISOM/NASOM Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2014
Work History:
06/1982-06/1987 Lahey Clinic Med Ctr; 41 Mall Rd. Burlington, MA. 08105
06/1987-06/1988 So. Nassau Communities Hospital 1 Healthy Way, Oceanside,NY 11572
06/1988-04/1993 Valley Cardiology Associates, Bethlehem, PA (No longer in existence)
04/1993-04/1998 Cardiovascular Medicine, PC; Bethlehem, PA (No longer in existence)
05/1998-06/2007 Lehigh Valley Cardiology Associates, Bethlehem, PA (No longer in existence)
07/2007-02/2015 Lehigh Valley Physician Group, Cardiology; 1250 S. Cedar Crest Blvd. Allentown, PA 18103
03/2015-5/2017 Orange Regional Med Ctr., 707 E.Main St. Middletown, NY 10940
06/2017-09/2017 Lehigh University; Masters Program: Health Science Engineering (Not Completed)
03/2019-07/2019 Gettysburg Hospital, 147 Gettys St., Gettysburg, PA 17325 (Locum Tenens via Weatherby Healthcare)
08/2019-9/2019 Evangelical Hospital, Lewisburg, PA (Locum Tenens via CompHealth)
10/2019-3/2022 Veterans Administration Hospital, Wilkes Barre, PA; Allentown VA Outpatient Clinic, Allentown, PA
(Locum Tenens via EGA Associates)
8/29/2022-12/2/2024 University Maryland South Regional Medical Center, Cardiology
Hospital Affiliation History:
06/1982-06/1987 Lahey Clinic Med Ctr., Burlington, MA
06/1987-06/1988 So. Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, NY
06/1988-02/2007 St. Luke’s University Hospital, Bethlehem, PA
06/1988-02/2015 Lehigh Valley Hospital/Muhlenberg Hospital Center, Allentown and Bethlem, PA
03/2015-05/2017 Orange Regional Medical Center and Catskill Med Ctr, Middletown, NY
07/2017 - Began Masters Program in Health Science Engineering at Lehigh University. Bethlehem, PA;
Not completed; decided to take time off, then return to work. 03/2019-07/19 Gettysburg Hospital, Gettysburg, PA Locums Tenens, Privileges extend to 2/2020)
10/19- 04/30/20 Veterans Administration Hospital, Wilkes Barre, PA; Allentown VA Outpatient Clinic, Allentown, PA (Locum Tenens via EGA Associates)
8/29/2022-12/2/2024 University Maryland South Regional Medical Center, MHE, Cardiology
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
Internships & Residencies:
07/1975-06/1978 Resident in Internal Medicine; Yale – New Haven Hospital; New Haven, Connecticut; Chief of Medicine: Samuel Their MD, Chief of Medicine
Research Fellowships:
07/1981-06/1982 Research/Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Electrophysiology Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Director, Electrophysiology Service: Jeremy Ruskin MD
07/1978-06/1981 Research/Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Chief, Cardiology: Thomas Smith MD (Deceased)
Robert F. Malacoff, MD 12/2024
My clinical cardiology experience would be a "good fit" for a part-time Non-Invasive, General Cardiology position.
As you can see from my CV, I grew up in Brooklyn, NY, graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, attended medical school at The Yale University School of Medicine, and completed my Residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, in New Haven Ct. Thereafter, I received my Cardiovascular Training in Boston, MA, at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (formerly Peter Bent Brigham Hsopital), and EP Training at the Mass General Hospital. I was privileged to work at the Lahey Clinic, in Burlington MA for several years as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization and EP Laboratories. During my career in the Lehigh Valley (PA), I have served as a Medical Director, Chief of Cardiology, and Director of Electrophysiology Laboratories (See CV). Although I am not seeking an administrative, invasive or EP position, I believe my experience would serve me and any employer well. During my career, Non-Invasive Cardiology and teaching have been important components of my practice. I am proficient at reading the following studies: EKG, ETT, echocardiogram, and Device Interrogations (ICD/Pacer/CRT, Holters, ILR’s). I have given multiple lectures and organized several Cardiology Symposia (see CV). I have an active NY and PA Licenses.
As Medical Director, Cardiology at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, NY, I was
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