Richard S. Goldweit, MD
- Interventional Cardiology
- Cardiology
Related Services
Related Practices
Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated
Primary Areas of Practice
- Interventional Cardiology
- Cardiology
Other Areas of Practice
- Arrhythmia Management
- Bloodless Medicine
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardio-Oncology
- Nuclear Cardiology
- Preventive Cardiology
- Women and Heart Disease Risk
Procedures
- 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Ambulatory Telemetry Monitoring
- Angiography
- Angioplasty
- Atherectomy, Laser/Rotational
- Balloon Angioplasty
- Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty (BAV)
- Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty
- Bloodless Medicine & Surgery
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac High-Risk Indicated Procedures (CHIP)
- Cardiac MRI
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Artery Stent Placement
- Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CTO PCI)
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Coronary Artery Stent Placement
- Coronary Calcium Score
- Coronary CT Angiography
- Echocardiography
- Exercise Stress Testing
- Holter/Ambulatory Monitoring
- Impella® Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Support (IABP)
- Mitral Clip
- Pacemaker Follow-Up
- Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
- Peripheral Vascular Intervention
- Pharmacological Stress Test
- TAVR
- Thrombectomy
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
Conditions Treated
- Angina
- Arrhythmias
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic Coronary Total Occlusion (CTO)
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Coronary Artery Disease
- CTO (Chronic Coronary Total Occlusion)
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Failure/Cardiac Failure
- Heart Valve Disease
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Palpitations
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Shortness of Breath
- Structural Heart Disease
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Syncope (Fainting)
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
Locations &
Appointments
Locations
Englewood Cardiology Consultants - Englewood Health Physician Network
177 North Dean Street Englewood, NJ 07631
Appointments
Insurance
Insurances Accepted
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1199 (SEIU)
- 1199 (SEIU)
Aetna
- Aetna Assure Premier Plus
- Aetna CCN
- Aetna CoreSource
- Aetna Coventry
- Aetna FIDE-SNP
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Managed Care
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Whole Health HMO
- Aetna Whole Health PPO
- Medsolutions
- Meritan Health
AmeriHealth
- AmeriHealth Administrator
- AmeriHealth HMO
- AmeriHealth PPO
- Value Network (Exchange Plan)
APWU
- APWU Health Plan
Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Medicare Advantage
- Cigna Open Access Plus
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Supplemental
- Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
- Health Partners
Clover Health
- Clover Medicare Advantage
EmblemHealth
- EmblemHealth EPO
- EmblemHealth EPO2
- EmblemHealth FEHB
- EmblemHealth FEHBP
- EmblemHealth GHI CBP
- EmblemHealth GHI PPO
- EmblemHealth National
- EmblemHealth PPO1
- EmblemHealth PPO2
- EmblemHealth PPO3
- EmblemHealth Tri-State
- Vytra
Empire BCBS
- Blue Priority
- Direct HMO
- Direct PPO
- Empire BCBS EPO
- Empire BCBS GEPO
- Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VFG)
- Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VJD)
- Empire BCBS HMO
- Empire BCBS Indemnity
- Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage
- Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage Plus
- Empire BCBS POS
- Empire BCBS PPO
Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
- Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
Fidelis Care NJ
- Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid Managed Care
First Health
- First Health
GEHA
- GEHA Health Plan
Horizon BCBS
- Federal Employee Program
- Horizon BCBS Braven Health
- Horizon BCBS EPO
- Horizon BCBS HMO
- Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
- Horizon BCBS PPO
- NJ Carpenters Fund
- OMNIA Tier 1
- Traditional
Horizon NJ Health
- Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
- Horizon NJ TotalCare (D-SNP)
Humana
- Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
- Humana ChoicePOS
- Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS
- Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS 23
- Humana Gold Plus DE-SNP
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Humana Medicare (Employer PPO Plus)
- Humana Medicare PPO
- Humana Medicare PPO 2023
- Humana National Medicare HMO
- Humana National POS - Open Access
- Humana National POS - Open Access Plus
MagnaCare
- Local 825
- MagnaCare PPO
Mail Handlers
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
Medicaid
- Medicaid NJ
Medicare
- Medicare NJ
MultiPlan/PHCS
- Beech Street
- MultiPlan Humana
- MultiPlan Worker's Comp
- PHCS
- Pomco
MVP Health Care
- MVP Health Care PPO
NALC
- NALC Health Benefit Plan
Nippon Life Insurance Co of America
- Nippon Life Benefits
Oxford
- Freedom
- Garden State Network
- Liberty
- Metro
- Oxford Medicare
QualCare
- Choice Care
- HIP HMO
- HIP PPO
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- HIP PRIME PPO
- Oscar
- QualCare EPO
- QualCare FEHB
- QualCare GHI PPO
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- QualCare PPO
- QualCare Worker's Comp
Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare NJ
TRICARE North Region
- CHAMPVA
- DVA
UMR
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United Healthcare Community and State
- Dual Complete
- UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare)
- UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicare
UnitedHealthcare
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- Commercial and Marketplace
- Compass Benefit (Exchange)
- Medica
- River Valley
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
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- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare PPO
- UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
US Family Health Plan
- US Family Health Plan
Wellcare NJ
- Wellcare NJ Ambetter
- Wellcare NJ Medicare Managed Care
Wellpoint
- Wellpoint Medicaid
- Wellpoint Medicare Advantage
About
About Richard Goldweit
Richard S. Goldweit, MD, is Chief of Interventional Cardiology and Chief of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Englewood Hospital. Dr. Goldweit is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and interventional cardiology. He specializes in using catheter-based approaches to treat valvular and coronary heart conditions. He holds a patent in arterial wound closure and invented techniques for noninvasive laser blood pressure measurement and bloodless arterial access. Dr. Goldweit founded or contributed to the creation of Englewood's programs in open-heart surgery, interventional heart attack care, patient blood management, and transcatheter valve replacement (TAVR). He also helped establish collaborative programs in sleep and cardiovascular health, carotid artery stenting, peripheral arterial disease, left ventricular assist devices (IABP, Impella®), cardiac CT angiography, through-the-wrist catheterization, chronic total occlusion (CTO) treatment, and complex high-risk coronary intervention (CHIP).
Dr. Goldweit has lectured on various cardiovascular topics including bloodless cardiac surgery, and his research had appeared in numerous peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Goldweit is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He also served on various state and community task forces and cardiac care committees, including the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services' Cardiac Advisory Research Committee.
Honors & Awards
2020-2016: Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area
2019, 2010: New York Magazine Best Doctors
2019, 2018:(201) Magazine Bergen's Top Doctors
2019-2010: Jersey's Best Magazine Top Doctors
2017: Bergen Magazine: Bergen County's Top Doctors
2017-2010: New Jersey Monthly Best Doctors in New Jersey, Cardiovascular Disease: Interventional Cardiology, Sleep Disorders, Cardiac Risk
2014, 2011-2005: New York Magazine Best Doctors in New York, Cardiovascular Disease: Interventional Cardiology, Sleep Disorders, Cardiac Risk
2003,2005-2012,2015: New York Magazine Top Doctors
2016: LifeSaver Award, Extraordinary Emergency Care, Cardiac Arrest Survival, Englewood Hospital
2011, 2014: New York Magazine Best Doctors, Cardiovascular Disease: Interventional Cardiology, Sleep Disorders, Cardiac Risk
2012: Interventional Carotid Care Program Director, Medical Excellence Award, Carotid Artery Stenting: Top 100 and Top 10% in Nation
2012: Heart Attack Care Program Director, Medical Excellence Award, Coronary Care: Top 100 and Top 10% in Nation, CareChex
2011: Community Leadership Award, BVMI: Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, Inc., Healthcare
2009: Research and Education Award for Outstanding Contribution to Interventional Cardiology, 14th Annual Recipient
Committees and Leadership Positions
2016-present: Englewood Health Foundation Board Member
2015-present: Co-Director and Co-Founder, Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Program
2012-present: Board Member, Executive Committee, Englewood Health Physician Network
2012-present: Chief, Heart and Vascular Institute
2012-present: Co-Chairman, Patient Blood Management Committee
2012-present: Co-Chairman, Research Advisory Committee
2012-present: Co-Director and Co-Founder, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Programl
2011-present: Chief, Interventional Cardiology
2011-present: Chief, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
2009-present: Associate Medical Director, Institute for Patient Blood Management and Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
2007-present: Founder, Optimized Center for Heart Health: Web-Enabled Optimal Cardiovascular Care
2006-present: Director and Founder, Cardiac CT Angiography Center, Heart and Vascular Institute
2006-present: Director and Founder, HiCare Cardiology Service, Heart and Vascular Institute
2006-present: Founder, Art Gallery Initiative: Englewood Hospital Gallery of Fine Arts, Artistically and Culturally Appropriate Optimization of Community Based Health Care Experience
2003-present: Member, Procedure Review Committee
2001-present: Founder & Co-Director, Center for Sleep & Cardiovascular Health, Heart and Vascular Institute
2001-present: Director and Founder, Nurse Practitioner Cardiology Program, Heart and Vascular Institute
2001-present: Founder & Co-Director, Center for Sleep & Cardiovascular Health, Heart & Vascular Institute
2000-present: Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
2000-present: Director, Cardiology Conference
2000-present: Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Institute
2006-2010: Section Chief, Cardiology
Education &
Training
Education & Degrees
MD: Cornell University Medical College
Residency
New York Hospital
Fellowship
New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center: Cardiology
Certifications & Distinctions
- Cardiovascular Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Interventional Cardiology (American Board of Internal Medicine)
Publications
Publications
Goldweit RS. "The Potential for Patient Blood Management in Cardiology," in Patient Blood Management. Thieme Publishers New York, N.Y., Thieme Publishers Stuttgart, Germany, 2015.
Goldweit RS, Borer JS, Jovanovic LG, Drexler AJ, Hochreiter CA, Devereux RB, Peterson CM. Relation of hemoglobin A1 and blood glucose to cardiac function in diabetes mellitus. American Journal of Cardiology 1985;56:642-646.
Magid NM, Young MS, Wallerson DC, Goldweit RS, Carter JN, Devereux RB, Borer JS. Hypertrophic and functional response to experimental chronic aortic regurgitation. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 1988 March 20(3) 239-46.
Young MS, Magid NM, Wallerson DC, Goldweit RS, Devereux RB, Carter JN, Im JY, Borer JS. Echocardiographic left ventricular mass measurement in small animals: anatomic validation in normal and aortic regurgitant rabbits. American Journal of Noninvasive Cardiology 1990;4:145-153.
Herrold EM, Goldweit RS, Carter JN, Zuccotti G, Borer JS. Noninvasive laser-based blood pressure measurement in rabbits. American Journal of Hypertension 1992 March 5(3)197-202.
Magid N, Goldweit RS, Carter JN, Wallerson D, Herrold E, Borer JS. Left ventricular diastolic and systolic performance during chronic experimental aortic regurgitation. American Journal of Physiology 1992 July 263 (1 PT 2):H226-33.
Erlebacher J, Bardwaj M, Suresh A, Leber G, Goldweit R. Beta blacker treatment of idiopathic and ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy in patients with ejection fractions < 20%. American Journal of Cardiology, 1993; 71:16,1467-1469.
Moskowitz DM, Klein JJ, Shander A, Cousineau KM, Goldweit RS, Bodian C, Perelman SI, Kang H, Fink DA, Rothman HC, Ergin MA. Predictors of Transfusion Requirements for Cardiac Surgical Procedures at a Blood Conservation Center. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2004;77:626-34.
Lee Y, Malovany R, Goldweit R. Massive Bilateral Hemothorax and Shock by Penetration of Broken Sternal Wire Into Ascending Aorta c (submitted for publication).
Moskowitz DM, McCullough JN, Shander A, Klein JJ, Bodian CA, Goldweit RS, Ergin MA. The Impact of Blood Conservation on Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery: Is it Safe and Effective? Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2010;90:451-458.
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