EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Fellowship: Fellow - Cardiovascular Diseases 2007, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

Research: Research Associate 2004, Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Internship & Residency: Internal Medicine 2003, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine 2000, Washington, District of Columbia

Undergraduate: University of Scranton 1996, B.S. Magna Cum Laude, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Peter J. Cawley M.D., F.A.C.C.

Acting Instructor in Medicine
Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical Center

BOARD CERTIFICATION

National Board of Echocardiography, 2008

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2007

American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2003

National Board of Medical Examiners, 2002

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Echocardiography

Valvular Heart Disease: Aortic Regurgitation or Stenosis, Mitral Regurgitation or Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Pericardial Disease

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Inherited Cardiovascular Disease

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation

Utilization of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Utilization of Echocardiography

Quality Improvements in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Echocardiography

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Patel MR, Cawley PJ, Heitner JF, Klem I, Parker MA, Jaroudi WA, Meine TJ, White JB, Elliott MD, Kim HW, Judd RM, Kim RJ. Detection of myocardial damage in patients with sarcoidosis. Circulation. November 2009; 120:1969-1977.

Cawley PJ and Otto CM. Valvular regurgitation: does cardiovascular magnetic resonance provide additional information compared to echocardiography? Minerva Cardioangiologica. August 2009; 57 (4): 521-535.

Cawley PJ, Maki JH, Otto CM. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging for valvular heart disease: technique and validation. Circulation. January 2009; 119: 468-478.

Cawley PJ and Otto CM. Prevention of calcific aortic stenosis: fact or fiction? Annals of Medicine. 2009; 41(2): 100-108.

Thomson LEJ, Crowley AL, Heitner JF, Cawley PJ, Weinsaft JW, Kim HK, Parker MJ, Judd RM, Harrison JK, Kim RJ. Direct en face imaging of secundum atrial septal defects by velocity-encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients evaluated for possible transcatheter closure. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. July 2008; 1: 31-40.

Cawley PJ, Ravindrin BK, Poole JE. Not the usual cardiac rhythm device infection: a fastidious pathogen with several teaching points. Journal of Hospital Medicine. April 2008; 3: 173-175.

Cawley PJ, Gill EA, Goldberg SL. Successful Percutaneous Closure of an Aortic-Graft Pseudo-Aneurysm with a Patent Foramen Ovale Occluder Device. Journal of Invasive Cardiology. January 2008; 20: E19-E22.

Klem I, Heitner JF, Shah DJ, Sketch Jr MH, Behar V, Weinsaft J, Cawley P, Parker M, Elliott M, Judd RM, Kim RJ. Improved Detection of Coronary Artery Disease by Stress Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance with the Use of Delayed Enhancement Infarction Imaging. Journal of American College Cardiolgy. April 2006; 47(8): 1630 – 1638.

Cawley PJ and Al-Khatib SM. Amiodarone versus implantable cardioverter defibrillator for asymptomatic nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic cardiomyopathy. American Heart Journal. May 2004; 147(5): 790-791.