Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
`Brief CV Summary: / Cardiologist, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, NMCardiologist, Albuquerque Health Partners / 1984-2005
2004- 8/6/10
Board Certified, Internal Medicine
Board Certified Cardiovascular Disease
/ 1955 Recert 1974
1977
Medical License: New Mexico / Current (# 76-194)
CV-Chronological / Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) UNM: Editorial Board Journal of Electrocardiology
Born NYC, NY / 1983
2009
1925
A.B. (cum Laude) / Harvard University
Cambridge, MA / 1944
M.D. / New York University
College of Medicine / 1947
Internship: / Beth Israel Hospital
New York City / 1947-1948
Resident: / Pathology, (Chief, Alfred Plaut)
Beth Israel Hospital / 1948-1949
Resident: / Medicine, ( Chief, J. Murray Steele)
Goldwater Hospital / 1949-1950
Resident: / Medicine, (Chief, Arthur M. Fishberg)
Beth Israel Hospital / 1950-1951
Military Service: / Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps / 1951-1953
Assistant Chief, Medical Service,
11th Evacuation Hospital, Wonju, Korea.
Member, Renal Insufficiency Unit and Hemodialysis Team
Received “2nd Korean Winter” Medal / 1951-1952
Chief, Department of Cardiology,
Tokyo Army Hospital, Tokyo, Japan / 1952-1953
Curriculum Vitae:
Assistant Adjunct Physician
Beth Israel Hospital
New York, New York / 1953-1956
Medical Staff
Long Island Jewish Hospital
New Hyde Park, New York / 1954-1983
Clinical Assistant
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Far Rockaway, New York / 1954-1960
Assistant Physician
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Far Rockaway, New York / 1960-1963
Associate Physician
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Far Rockaway, New York / 1963
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine / 1955
Fellow, American College of Physicians / 1958
Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine / 1958
Member, American Association Advancement of Science / 1954
Member, American Heart Association / 1954
Cardiac Clinic
St. Joseph’s Hospital / 1954-1983
Member, Medical Advisory Council to the Nassau Heart Association / 1964-1970
Chief, ECG
Long Island Jewish Hospital / 1954-1983
Chief, ECG
St. Joseph’s Hospital / 1961-1983
Consultant – Internal Medicine
Franklin General Hospital / 1962-1983
Physician-in-Charge
Department of Phonocardiography
Long Island Jewish Hospital / 1960-1980
Program Chairman
International Symposium on Vectorcardiography
Sponsored by Long Island Jewish Hospital
Held in May 1965 / 1965
Editor, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Vectorcardiography, North Holland Publishing company, Amsterdam / 1965
Chairman, XI International Symposium on Vectorcardiography, May 15, 16, 17 / 1970
Attending Physician, Peninsula General Hospital, Arverne, NY / 1970-1983
Fellow, American College of Cardiology / 1970
Invited Speaker, Conference, Computers in ECG Interpretation, Washington, D.C. / 1969
Invited Speaker, ECG-VCG Computer Diagnosis American College of Cardiology,
New Orleans, LA / 1970
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine State University of New York-Stony brook / 1974-1983
Chairman Symposium on Vectorcardiography sponsored by American College of Cardiology
New York City, May / 1974
Re-certified Board of Internal Medicine / 1975
Course Director
“XYZ is the ABC of ECG”, Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center, February / 1976
Invited speaker American College of Cardiology, February / 1976
Invited lecturer Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York City, March / 1976
Invited lecturer Harlem Hospital
Columbia University, New York City, April / 1976
Director of Cardiology – South Shore Division
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, July / 1976-1983
Invited lecturer University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, September / 1976
Lecture series on Electrocardiography
September and October / 1976
Co-Chairman:
CCU Committee Peninsula Hospital Center
CCU Committee South Shore Division
St. John’s Hospial / 1976-1983
Faculty Member “Vectorcardiography” course given at State University New York, Buffalo, August / 1977
Invited speaker to 1976 Annual convention American College of Physicians Workshop on Electrocardiography / 1977
Invited speaker “Ventricular conduction Disorders”, Deborah Hospital Symposium “Current Diagnostic Methods in Cardiology” November / 1977
Certified Sub-Specialty Board in Cardiovascular Disease, October / 1977
Fellow, Council on Clinical Cardiology
American Heart Association / 1977-2003
Chief Cardiology, South Shore, Division,
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital,
Far Rockaway, NY, November / 1977-1983
Invited Speaker “Consultants Retreat in Cardiology: Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Sponsored by American College of Cardiology, November / 1978
Invited speaker 1979 Convention, American College of Physicians Workshop in Electrocardiography, March / 1979
Visiting Professor Autonomous University
Guadalajara, Mexico, April / 1979
Director Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital / 1981-1983
Testimony as Expert in Cardiology: Over 100 courtroom appearances as Expert in Cardiology before Worker’s Compensation Board, New York State
State of New York / 1965-1981
Consultant, St. Vincent Hospital
Santa Fe, NM / 1983
Active Staff, St. Vincent Hospital
Santa Fe, NM / 1984-2003
Director, Cardiovascular Learning Center
University of New Mexico / 1988-2000
Consultant (Cardiology)
Lovelace Medical Center / 1986-1995
Alpha Omega Alpha
University of New Mexico / 1992
Electrocardiographer and Cardiologist
University of New Mexico Division Cardiology / 1995-2003
Panel on Electrocardiography in Ischemic Heart Disease (Leader)
American College Cardiology Symposium / 1996,1997,1998,2000
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
University of New Mexico / 1983-2003
Electrocardiographer
St. Vincent Hospital
Santa Fe, NM / 1984-2002
Board Member
Santa Fe Chapter, American Heart Association / 1984
Faculty Member “ECG for Clinicians” (Course at Presbyterian Hospital)
Albuquerque, NM, Dr. B. Ramo, Director / 1984
Faculty Member “Case Studies in Cardiology”
Course at Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. G. Raff, Director / 1985
Clinical Faculty, Senior Cardiology Elective at St. Vincent Hospital for UNM Medical Students / 1985
Consultant in Cardiology
Las Familia Medical Center
Santa Fe, NM / 1986
Teacher of the Year Award
University of New Mexico School of Medicine / 1986
Excellence in Teaching Award (by Faculty, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine) / 1989
Khatali Award (Clinical Teaching), by Graduating Class
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Editorial Board Journal of Electrocardiography 2009 / 1989
Publications – Books
1. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY 1965: Symposium held at the Long Island Jewish Hospital, New York City, May 11013, 1065. Editor: I. Hoffman, North Holland Publishing co. 1966 428 pp. Assoc. Editor: R. Taymor, M.D.
2. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY 2: Symposium sponsored by the Long Island Jewish Medical Center at the Hotel Americana, New York City. May 15, 16, 17, 1970. 706 pp. North Holland Publishing Co. Editor: Irwin Hoffman, M.D. Co-Editors: Ephraim Glassman, M.D. and Robert I. Hamby, M.D.
3. XYZ IS THE ABC OF ECG: Year Book Publishers, Chicago, IL. 1974. 75pp.
4. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY 3: North Holland Publishing Company, 1975.
Other Publications:
1. BETA-HYPERGLOBULINEMIA PRODUCED BY CHOLESTEROL FEEDING IN THE RABBIT. A.M. Fishberg, L. Friedfeld, I. Hoffman, E. R. Stoller and E. H. Fishberg. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1950. v 75, 301, 303.
2. AMYLOIDOSIS AND HYPERTENSION IN CHOLESTEROL FED RABBITS. I. Hoffman, L. Friedfeld, E. H. Fishberg, A.M. Fishberg. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Proceedings 1951. v78, 37-40.
3. EFFECT OF PROCAINE AMIDE ON ANOMALOUS CONDUCTION AND PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA IN A CASE RESEMBLING THE WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME. Capt. Irwin Hoffman, 1st Lieut. Robert S. Abernathy & Lieut. Col. Thomas A. Haedicke, Medical Corps, United States Army. American Heart Journal. July 1952. Vol. 44, No. 1, p. 154-158.
4. THE RESPONSE OF ARRYTHMIAS AND TACHYCARDIAS OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR ORIGIN TO ORAL PROCAIN AMIDE. Jerome Schack, Irwin Hoffman, Harry Vesell. British Heart Journal. Vol. XIV, No. 4, p. 465-469, October 1952.
5. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN DONORS DURING BLOODLETTING. Irwin Hoffman, Joseph Litwins & Leon Sussman. The American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Vol. 21, No. 11, November 1951.
Other Publications: Continued
6. THE POSSIBLE ROLSE OF HISTAMINE IN EPIDEMIC HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, Irwin Hoffman, Ralph C. Monroe, Robert S. Abernathy, Robert J. Hall, Joseph Picchi, Rex W. Speers, Harold W. Glascock, Jr. U.S. ARMED FORCES Medical Journal, Vol. V, No. 5, May 1954.
7. ERRORS IN UNIPOLAR LIMB LEADS CAUSED BY UNBALANCED SKIN RESISTANCES, AND A DEVICE FOR THEIR ELIMINATION. Myron M. Schwarzschild, Irwin Hoffman & Milton Kissin. American Heart Journal, Vol. 48, No. 2, August 1954.
8. OSCILLATION-FREE BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPHY. A Simple Technic and a Demonstration of Its Validity, Irwin Hoffman, Milton Kissin & Myron M. Schwartzschild. Circulation Vol. XIII, No. 6, June 1956.
9. ABERRANT BEATS OF WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE CONFIGURATION IN ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE. Irwin Hoffman, Milton H. Morris, Louis Friedfeld & Robert D. Gittliber. British Heart Journal, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 July 1956.
10. SPONTANEOUS HEMORRHAGES CAUSED BY PLASMA-THROMBOPLASTIN-ANTECEDENT DEFICIENCY. Edward I. Henry, Robert L. Rosenthal, and Irwin Hoffman. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 162, October 1956.
11. THE T WAVE IN BUNDLE BRANCH SYSTEM BLOCK: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ANGLE FORMED BY THE TERMINAL PORTION OF QRS AND THE MEAN T VECTOR. Irwin Hoffman, Jerome A. Schack. American Heart Journal, Vol. 52, No. 6 December 1956.
12. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RELATION OF QRS AND T WAVES IN BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK: A USEFUL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SIGN. Edward I Henry, Jerome A. Schack and Irwin Hoffman. American Heart Journal, Vol. 54, No. 3, September 1957.
13. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ALTERATIONS OBSERVED DURING PERCUTANEOUS CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY. (with J. Epstein and B. Epstein) AMA Archives Neurology and Psychiatry, 1959.
14. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC RESIDUA OF INFERIOR INFARCTION: SEVENTY-EIGHT CASES STUDIED WITH THE FRANK SYSTEM. Irwin Hoffman, Robert C. Taymor and Abraham Gootnick. Circulation Vol. XXIX, April 1964.
15. NEW RAPID PAPER STRIP METHOD FOR DETERMINING URINE CHLORIDE. Irwin Hoffman, Charles M. Holtzman. New York State Journal of Medicine, Vol. 64, No. 15, August 1, 1964.
16. THE FRANK VECTORCARDIOGRAM IN MITRAL STENOSIS. Robert C. Taymor, Irwin Hoffman and Edward Henry. Circulation Vol. XXX, December 1964.
17. NEPHROTIC SYNDROME SECONDARY TO BILATERAL RENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS. N.Y. State Journal of Medicine, 1965 (case report)
Other Publications: Continued
18. QUANTITIVE CRITERIA FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF DORSAL INFARCTION USING THE FRANK VECTORCARDIOGRAM. Irwin Hoffman, Robert C. Taymor, Milton H. Morris, Irving Kittell. American Heart Journal, Vol. 70, No. 3. September 1965.
19. T LOOP ROTATION IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE. Irwin Hoffman, Robert C. Taymor and Irving Kittell. Vectorcardiography 1965. North Holland Publishing Co. p. 181.
20. THE POSTERIOR QRS LOOP IN MITRAL STENOSIS. Robert C. Taymor, Irwin Hoffman and Edward Henry. Vectorcardiography 1965. North Holland Publishing Co. 147.
21. THE T LOOP IN RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK: A VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF 82 CASES. Shirley Rubler, M.D., Irwin Hoffman, M.D., William C. Franklin, M.D., and Robert C. Taymor, M.D. The American Heart Journal, Vol. 76, p. 217, 1968.
22. THE T LOOP IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY. Ephraim Glassman, Irwin Hoffman and Robert Hamby. Aktuelle Probleme Der Vectorkariographie, Wenger, R., Ed. C. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 1968.
23. Electric Shock Hazards Letter To The Editor N Eng J Med 11/20/1969 page 1194
24. THE T LOOP IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY. Ephraim Glassman, Irwin Hoffman and Robert Hamby. Diseases of the Chest. Vol. 55, p. 105, February 1969.
25. PITFALLS IN THE PREDICTION OF CORONARY DISEASE FROM THE ECG AND VCG. Joseph Hilsenrath, Ephraim Glassman, Gerald Roberts, Robert Hamby, Irwin Hoffman. Vectorcardiography 1970. North Holland Publishing Co.
26. THE POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANCE OF ABSENT OR DIMINISHED LEFT POSTERIOR QUADRANT QRS FORCES IN VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY. Norman L. Gootman, Irwin Hoffman, Kun-Tzeng Ho. Vectorcardiography 1970. North Holland Publishing Co.
27. THE ELIMINATION OF TURNAROUND TIME IN ROUTINE ECG PROCESSING. Robert Tell, M.S.H.A. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J. Electrocardiology, 4 (3) 279-281, 1971
28. PITFALLS IN PREDICTION OF CORONARY ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTION FROM PATTERNS OF ANTERIOR INFARCTION ON ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND VECTORCARDIOGRAM. Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Ephraim Glassman, M.D. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 29, February 1972, 164-170.
29. PITFALLS IN THE PREDICTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE FROM THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM OR VECTORCARDIOGRAM. Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J. Electrocardiology, 6 (4) 291-302, 1973.
Other Publications: Continued
30. SEVERITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS. Kota Redy, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Francine Smithline, B.S. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J. Electrocardiology, 7 (2) 115-117, 1974.
31. THE CLOCKWISE HORIZONTAL PLANE T LOOP: A STUDY OF 73 PATIENTS. Francine Smithline, B.A., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J. Electrocardiology, 7 (1) 43-56, 1974.
32. CLINICAL, HEMODYNAMIC AND ANGIOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF INFERIOR AND ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ANGINA PECTORIS. Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Irwin Hoffman, M.D., Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Agop Aintablian, M.D., Stanley Shanies, M.D., Venkatanarayana S. Padmanabhan, M.D. The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 34, October 1974. 513-519.
33. EXERCISE STRESS TESTING FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE. Irwin Hoffman, M.D., Journal of Medicine, Peninsula Hospital Center, Far Rockaway, New York. Vol. 2, No. 2, 1974.
34. FAILURE OF THE OMNICARDIOGRAM TO PREDICT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS. Kota Red, M.D., Francine Smithline, B.S., Barry T. Zeman, M.P.H., Robert I. Hamby, M.D. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J. Electrocardiology. 8 (1) 13-16. 1975.
35. RELATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILE PATTERMS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE TO THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND VECTORCARDIOGRAM. Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Faroud Tabrah, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J. Electrocardiology 8 (4) 335-342.
36. ANTERIOR CONDUCTION DELAY: A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR PROMINENT ANTERIOR QRS FORCES. Irwin Hoffman, M.D., F.A.C.C., Jawahar Mehta, M.D., Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., F.A.C.C. J. Electrocardiology 9 (1) 15-21, 1976.
37. MEDICAL-SURGICAL APSECTS OF LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. Jawahar Mehta, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Marvin L. Hartstein, M.D., B. George Wisoff, M.D., New Hyde Park, Jamaica and Stony Brook, N.Y. Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 137-141, Jan. 1976 – The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
38. PROPERATIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHIC PREDICTION OF BYPASS FLOW AND SHORT-TERM PATENCY – Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 1:381-388 (1975).
39. ANTERIOR CONDUCTION DELAY: A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR PSEUDO DORSAL INFARCTION. Vectorcardiography 3, Irwin Hoffman and Robert I. Hamby, eds., North Holland Pub. Co. 1976.
Other Publications: Continued
40. ERRORS IN THE PREDICTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE OR VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILE PATTERNS FROM THE RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. Non-Invasive Methods in Cardiology-Charles C. Thomas, Ed., 1975. pp 268-282.
41. DEFENSIVE VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY - Vectorcardiography 3, Irwin Hoffman and Robert I. Hamby, Eds. North Holland Pub. Co. 1976