George Cater, MD, MSE, is a clinical cardiologist specializing in advanced cardiac imaging, having completed additional training in Cardiac MRI, Cardiac CT, and structural echocardiography. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is also certified in adult echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography and in cardiac CT by the Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Cater completed his medical degree at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University followed by a residency in internal medicine and fellowships in cardiovascular disease and advanced cardiac imaging at the University of Pittsburgh.
- BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2007 (Magna Cum Laude)
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2008 (Concentration in Tissue Engineering)
- MD, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, 2013
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Clinical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2016
- Fellowship, Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2019
- Fellowship, Advanced Cardiac Imaging, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2020
Education & Training
Olausson E, Wertz J, Fridman Y, Bering P, Maanja M, Niklasson L, Wong TC, Fukui M, Cavalcante JL, Cater G, Kellman P, Bukhari S, Miller CA, Saba S, Ugander M, Schelbert EB. Diffuse myocardial fibrosis associates with incident ventricular arrhythmia in implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Feb 16:2023.02.15.23285925. PMID: 36824921.
Rutledge C, Cater G, McMahon B, Guo L, Nouraie SM, Wu Y, Villanueva F, Kaufman BA. Commercial 4-dimensional echocardiography for murine heart volumetric evaluation after myocardial infarction. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2020 Mar 12;18(1):9. PMID: 32164714.
Cater G, Soman P. What is This Image? 2017: Image 1 Result : Incidental detection of RIB fractures with Tc-99m pyrophosphate scanning. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug;24(4):1131-1132. PMID: 28687965.
Kwan AC, May HT, Cater G, Sibley CT, Rosen BD, Lima JA, Rodriguez K, Lappe DL, Muhlestein JB, Anderson JL, Bluemke DA. Coronary artery plaque volume and obesity in patients with diabetes: the factor-64 study. Radiology. 2014 Sep;272(3):690-9. PMID: 24754493.
Kwan AC, Cater G, Vargas J, Bluemke DA. Beyond Coronary Stenosis: Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for the Assessment of Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep. 2013 Apr 1;6(2):89-101. PMID: 23524381.
Raman FS, Nacif MS, Cater G, Gai N, Jones J, Li D, Sibley CT, Liu S, Bluemke DA. 3.0-T whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography: comparison of gadobenate dimeglumine and gadofosveset trisodium. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Jun;29(5):1085-94. PMID: 23515949.
Lee J, Cuddihy MJ, Cater GM, Kotov NA. Engineering liver tissue spheroids with inverted colloidal crystal scaffolds. Biomaterials. 2009 Sep;30(27):4687-94. PMID: 19524294.
Krasuski RA, Devendra GP, Cater G, Whitney EJ. The effect of gemfibrozil, niacin and cholestyramine combination therapy on metabolic syndrome in the Armed Forces Regression Study. Am J Med Sci. 2011 May;341(5):378-82. PMID: 21358314.
Krasuski RA, Cater GM, Devendra GP, Wolski K, Shishehbor MH, Nissen SE, Oberti C, Ellis SG. Downstream coronary effects of drug-eluting stents. Am Heart J. 2011 Oct;162(4):764-771.e1. PMID: 21982671.
