- MD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T Popa
- Residency, Internal Medicine, St. Luke's Roosevelt
- Fellowship, Cardiovascular, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
Education & Training
Patel AN, Henry TD, Quyyumi AA, Schaer GL, Anderson RD, Toma C, East C, Remmers AE, Goodrich J, Desai AS, Recker D, DeMaria A. Ixmyelocel-T for patients with ischaemic heart failure: a prospective randomised double-blind trial. Lancet. 2016; 387(10036) PMID: 27059887: 2412-21.
Jones CR, Khandhar SJ, Ramratnam M, Mulukutla SR, Marroquin OC, Althouse AD, Rao A, Kato K, Jang IK, Toma C. Identification of Intrastent Pathology Associated With Late Stent Thrombosis Using Optical Coherence Tomography. J Interv Cardiol. 2015; 28(5): 439-48.
Zanetti A, Grata M, Etling E, Panday R, Villanueva FS, Toma C. Suspension-Expansion of Bone Marrow Results in Small Mesenchymal Stem Cells Exhibiting Increased Transpulmonary Passage Following Intravenous Administration. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2015; Jan 8 PMID: 25567723
Menon PG, Ludwig D, Lacomis J, Schwartzman D, Toma C. Computed tomographic analysis of left ventricular volumes and function after implantation of the parachute® endoventricular partitioning device. J INterv Cardiol. 2014; 27(6): 604-9.
Jia H, Abtahian F, Aguirre AD, Lee S, Chia S, Lowe H, Kato K, Yonetsu T, Vergallo R, Hu S, Tian J, Lee H, Park SJ, Jang YS, Raffel OC, Mizuno K, Uemura S, Itoh T, Kakuta T, Choi SY, Dauerman HL, Prasad A, Toma C, McNulty I, Zhang S, Yu B, Fuster V, Narula J, Virmani R, Jang IK. In Vivo Diagnosis of Plaque Erosion and Calcified Nodule in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013; Jun 26: doi:pii:S0735-1097(13)02524-2.
Khandhar SJ, Yamamoto H, Teuteberg JJ, Shullo MA, Bezerra HG, Costa MA, Selzer F, Lee JS, Marroquin OC, McNamara DM, Mulukutla SR, Toma C. Optical coherence tomography for characterization of cardiac allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation (OCTCAV study). J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013; 32(6): 596-602.
Toma C, Zahr F, Moguilanski D, Grate S, Semaan R, Lemieux N, Lee JS, Cortese-Hassett A, Mulukutla S, Rao SV, Marroquin OC. The Impact of Anemia on Platelet Response to Clopidogrel in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Stenting. Am J Caridiology. 2012; April
Toma C, Wagner WR, Bowry S, Schwartz A, Villanueva FS. Fate of Culture-Expanded Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Microvasculature: In Vivo Observations of Cell Kinetics. Circ Res. 2009; 104(3): 398-402.
Toma C, Pittenger M, Cahil K, Byrne B, Kessler PD. Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiate to a Cardiomyocyte Phenotype in the Adult Murine Heart. Circulation. 2002; 105(1): 93-98.
Tian J, Dauerman H, Toma C, Samady H, Itch T, Kuramitsu S, Domei T, Jia H, Vergallo R, Soeda T, Hu S, Minami Y, Lee H, Yu B, Jang IK. Prevalence and characteristics of TCFA and degree of coronary artery stenosis: an OCT, IVUS, and angiographic study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014; 64(7): 672-80.
- Best Abstract, International conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease, 2009
- Martin Blomley Young Investigator Award, 2010