Juan C. Lopez-Mattei, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E.
Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine
About Dr. Lopez-Mattei
Juan C. Lopez-Mattei, MD is a cardiologist trained in Puerto Rico who completed an additional two year fellowship in cardiovascular multi-modality imaging in Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston, TX (affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College). He has the highest level of training that can be achieved in echocardiography and cardiovascular MRI (level III). Currently he is an Assistant Professor in Medicine and Radiology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and a full-time faculty in the Department of Cardiology. He is the Co-Director of MD Anderson Cardiac Radiology Services. His research interests are the use of cardiovascular MRI and echocardiography in assessing chemotherapy- induced cardiotoxicity and cardiovascular applications of molecular imaging. In his leisure time he likes training for triathlons.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Co-Director, Cardiac Radiology Services, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Postgraduate Training
| 2011-2013 | Clinical Fellowship, Cardiovascular Imaging (Level III Echocardiography and Level III Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Fellowship), Houston Methodist Hospital- Weill Cornell, Houston, TX |
| 2008-2011 | Clinical Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, San Juan V.A. Medical Center, San Juan, PR |
| 2005-2008 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR |
Board Certifications
| 2013 | Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, Council for Certification in Cardiovascular Imaging |
| 2013 | Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Level III Competence Certification |
| 2012 | Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography, American Board of Echocardiography |
| 2012 | Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Council for Certification in Cardiovascular Imaging |
| 2011 | Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 2008 | Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine |
Honors & Awards
| 2017 | Super Doctors® Rising Stars 2017, Super Doctors® |
| 2017 | Listed in Marquis Who'sWho in Medicine and Healthcare, Marquis Who'sWho® |
| 2013 | Cardiovascular Imaging Section's Travel Award, American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions |
| 2013 | Elected Fellow, American College of Cardiology |
| 2013 | Elected Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography |
| 2013 | Doximity Fellow, Doximity App |
| 2011 | Award for Excellence for Establishing the Fellows in Training Delegate Position, Puerto Rico American College of Cardiology |
| 2010 | Chief Fellow, Cardiology, San Juan V.A Medical Center |
| 2008 | Internal Medicine In-training Exam Highest Score Award, UPR School of Medicine Internal Medicine Training Program |
| 2005 | Clinical Distinction Award, Ponce School of Medicine |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Giza DE, Boccalandro F, Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu G, Karimzad K, Kim P, Iliescu C Ischemic Heart Disease: Special Considerations in Cardio-Oncology. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 19 (5) :37, 2017. PMID: 28425056
- Lopez-Mattei JC Path to Cardiovascular Multimodality Imaging Subspecialty. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 10 (1) :97-98, 2017
- Faiz SA, Iliescu C, Lopez-Mattei J, Patel B, Bashoura L, Popat U Resolution of myelofibrosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pulm Circ 6 (4) :611-613, 2016. PMID: 28090305
- Lopez-Mattei JC, Ibrahim H, Shaikh KA, Little SH, Shah DJ, Maragiannis D, Zoghbi WA Comparative Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation Severity by Transthoracic Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Using an Integrative and Quantitative Approach. Am J Cardiol 117 (2) :264-70, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26684513
- Hassan SA, Lopez-Mattei J, Sanchez L, Banchs J Improved reliability in left ventricular ejection fraction assessment by adopting quantitative methods. Echocardiography 33 (12) :1936-1937, 2016. PMID: 27917602
- Munoz E, Iliescu G, Vejpongsa P, Charitakis K, Karimzad K, Lopez-Mattei J, Yusuf SW, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy: "Good News" in Cancer Patients? J Am Coll Cardiol 68 (10) :1143-4, 2016. PMID: 27585514
- Chaikriangkrai K, Lopez-Mattei JC, Lawrie G, Ibrahim H, Quinones MA, Zoghbi W, Little SH, Shah DJ Prognostic Value of Delayed Enhancement Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Mitral Valve Repair. Ann Thorac Surg 98 (5) :1557-63, 2014. PMID: 25240782
- Chaikriangkrai K, Lopez-Mattei JC, Flores-Arredondo J, Lin H, Reardon M, Chang SM, Shah D Magnetic resonance imaging of a Scimitar vein and aortic dissection Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 10 (4) :257, 2014. PMID: 25624983
- Simprini LA, Afroz A, Cooper MA, Klem I, Jensen C, Kim RJ, Srichai MB, Heitner JF, Sood M, Chandy E, Shah DJ, Lopez-Mattei J, Biederman RW, Grizzard JD, Fuisz A, Ghafourian K, Farzaneh-Far A, Weinsaft J Routine Cine-CMR for Prosthesis Associated Mitral Regurgitation - A Multicenter Comparison to Echocardiography J Heart Valve Dis 23 (5) :575-582, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25799706
- Yusuf SW, Solhpour A, Banchs J, Lopez-Mattei JC, Durand JB, Iliescu C, Hassan SA, Qazilbash MH Cardiac amyloidosis. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 12 (2) :265-77, 2014. PMID: 24386926
- Lopez-Mattei JC, Shah DJ The Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Valvular Heart Disease Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 9 (3) :142-148, 2013. PMID: 24066197
- Lopez-Mattei JC, Nabi F, Little SH, Shah D Museum of TMH Multimodality Imaging Center: Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 9 (2) :114, 2013. PMID: 23805348
- Lopez-Mattei JC, Shah DJ When to consider cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement? Curr Opin Cardiol 28 (5) :505-11, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23852024
- Figueroa Y, Altieri PI, Banchs H, Hernández J, López JC, Escobales N, Crespo MJ Syncope in Puerto Rico. Bol Asoc Med P R 99 (3) :207-10, 2007. PMID: 19610576
- Reddy N, Moudgil R, Lopez-Mattei JC, Karimzad K, Mouhayar EN, Somaiah N, Conley AP, Patel SR, Giza DE, Iliescu C Progressive and Reversible Conduction Disease with Checkpoint Inhibitors Canadian Journal of Cardiology
- Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu C, Durand JB, Hassan S, Kim P, Sierra-Galan L, Gladish G The role of cardiac MRI in cardio-oncology. Future Cardiol. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28639454
- Hassan SA, Banchs J, Iliescu C, Dasari A, Lopez-Mattei J, Yusuf SW Carcinoid heart disease. Heart. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28596302
- Bhatti S, Hendel RC, Lopez-Mattei J, Schwartz RG, Raff G, Einstein AJ Frequent MUGA testing in a myeloma patient: A case-based ethics discussion. J Nucl Cardiol. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27272150
Abstracts
- Laeeq R, Banchs JA, Iliescu C, Durand JB, Lopez-Mattei JC The use of dobutamine echocardiography for recovery prediction in cancer patients with newly diagnosed left ventricular dysfunction. (Accepted) 21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America, 2017
- Dana Elena Giza, MD, Juan Lopez Mattei, Peter Kim, Ezequiel Munoz, MD; Joerg Hermann, MD; Gloria Iliescu, MD; Eric Yang, MD; Saamir Hassan, Cezar Iliescu, MD. Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy Triggered by Chemotherapy: When Should Cancer Therapy be Re-started? American College of Cardiology Scientific Session, 2017
- Dana Ionescu, Danielle Stone, James Stone, Jean-Bernard Durand, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Gloria Iliescu, Kaveh Karimzad, Cezar Iliescu Midcavitary Tako-Tsubo syndrome in cancer patients ASCO 2017, 2017
- Adam Potter, MD; Saadia Faiz, MD; Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD; Lara Bashoura, MD; Diwakar Balachandran, MD Sleep Disordered Breathing in Multiple Myeloma Chest Meeting 10/2016, 2016. e-Pub 2016
Book Chapters
- Lopez-Mattei, J, Evaluation of a Cardiac Mass, In: MD Anderson Practices in Onco-Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center: Houston, TX, 29,30, 2016
- Juan C. López-Mattei, Miguel Quiñones, Evaluación de prótesis cardíacas, In: ECOCARDIOGRAFÍA E IMAGEN CARDIOVASCULAR EN LA PRÁCTICA CLÍNICA, 1st, Distribuna Editorial: SIAC, 2014