Arrighi, James

James A Arrighi

Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Professor Emeritus of Medical Science

Overview

Training:
College: Brown University, 1984
Medical School: Brown University, 1987
Residency (Internal Medicine): Barnes Hospital, Washington University (St. Louis), 1987-1989
Fellowships: National Institutes of Health (Nuclear Cardiology), 1989-1992; Yale University (Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine), 1992-1994

After training in cardiology at NIH and Yale, Dr. Arrighi joined the Yale faculty in 1994. At Yale, his clinical and research activities were focused in nuclear cardiology. In addition, he was involved in the administration of Yale's cardiology fellowship program (from 1996 to 2004, as Associate Director or Program Director). In 2004, Dr. Arrighi joined the Brown faculty, to become the Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Rhode Island Hospital and Program Director of the fellowship in Cardiology (2004-15). He also served as Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Rhode Island Hospital (2004-15).

In 2015, Dr. Arrighi was named Director of Graduate Medical Education for Lifespan (Rhode Island and Miriam Hospitals), and is responsible for oversight of all clinical residencies and fellowships within the Lifespan system.

Dr. Arrighi is active in many professional organizations, including the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (Board of Directors; Past President), the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (Board of Directors; Past President), the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (Editorial Board), and the American College of Cardiology (Training and Workforce Committee, Competency Management Committee). He has a particular interest in medical education, and has been actively involved in the education of students, residents, and fellows throughout his career. Dr. Arrighi served on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine (2009-16, including Chairman 2012-16), which is responsible for the accreditation of all US residencies and fellowships in internal medicine and its subspecialties. He now chairs the ACGME-International Review Committee for Medical Specialties, which accredits selected residency and fellowship programs outside of the US.

Brown Affiliations

Medicine

Research Areas

Graduate medical education | nuclear cardiology

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Tammaro D, Arrighi J, Hilliard R, Toll E. "The Reply." The American Journal of Medicine, vol. 132, no. 2, 2019, pp. e44.

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Arrighi JA, Kilic S, Haines PG. "Perspectives on Current Training Guidelines for Cardiac Imaging and Recommendations for the Future." Current Cardiology Reports, vol. 20, no. 6, 2018, pp. 43.

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Burchiel KJ, Zetterman RK, Ludmerer KM, Philibert I, Brigham TP, Malloy K, Arrighi JA, Ashley SW, Bienstock JL, Carek PJ, Correa R, Forstein DA, Gaiser RR, Gold JP, Keepers GA, Kennedy BC, Kirk LM, Kothari A, Langdale LA, Shayne PH, Stain SC, Woods SK, Wyatt-Johnson C, Nasca TJ. "The 2017 ACGME Common Work Hour Standards: Promoting Physician Learning and Professional Development in a Safe, Humane Environment." Journal of Graduate Medical Education, vol. 9, no. 6, 2017, pp. 692-696.

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Konstam MA, Hill JA, Kovacs RJ, Harrington RA, Arrighi JA, Khera A, Academic Cardiology Section Leadership Council of the American College of Cardiology. "The Academic Medical System: Reinvention to Survive the Revolution in Health Care." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 69, no. 10, 2017, pp. 1305-1312.

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Williams ES, Halperin JL, Arrighi JA, Awtry EH, Bates ER, Costa S, Freeman R, McPherson JA, Mendes LA, Ryan T, Sivaram CA, Weitz HH. "2016 ACC Lifelong Learning Competencies for General Cardiologists: A Report of the ACC Competency Management Committee." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 67, no. 22, 2016, pp. 2656-95.

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"2016 ACC Lifelong Learning Competencies for General Cardiologists: A Report of the ACC Competency Management Committee." 2016.

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Dilsizian, Vasken, Arrighi, James A., Cohen, Rose S., Miller, Todd D., Solomon, Allen J., Udelson, James E. "COCATS 4 Task Force 6: Training in Nuclear Cardiology." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 22, no. 4, 2015, pp. 812-825.

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Dilsizian V, Arrighi JA, Cohen RS, Miller TD, Solomon AJ, Udelson JE. "COCATS 4 Task Force 6: Training in Nuclear Cardiology." Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 65, no. 17, 2015, pp. 1800-9.

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Arrighi JA, Lundbye J. "Proceedings of the ASNC Cardiac PET Summit Meeting 12 May 2015, Baltimore, MD : 6. Recommendations for training and education for cardiac PET." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 22, no. 4, 2015, pp. 740-3.

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Busch, Andrew M., Fani Srour, John, Arrighi, James A., Kahler, Christopher W., Borrelli, Belinda. "Valued Life Activities, Smoking Cessation, and Mood in Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients." Int.J. Behav. Med., vol. 22, no. 5, 2015, pp. 563-8.

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Arrighi JA, Hebert JC. "Duty Hour Requirements." JAMA, vol. 312, no. 22, 2014, pp. 2342.

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Arrighi JA, Leppo JA. "ASNC president's page (2013) : ASNC's past, present, and future at 20 years: reflections from the 1st and 20th presidents." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 20, no. 6, 2013, pp. 1188-90.

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Shaw LJ, Wang TY, Mahmarian JJ, Tilkemeier PL, Douglas PS, Arrighi JA, Denton EA, Flood KB, Executive Council of ASNC. "Registry." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 20, no. 4, 2013, pp. 655-6.

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Arrighi JA. "The changing face of graduate medical education: what is the impact on nuclear cardiology?." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 20, no. 5, 2013, pp. 951-2.

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Russell RR, Abbott BG, Arrighi JA, Blankstein R, Faber TL, Mahmarian JJ, Miller EJ, Miller TD, Shaw LJ, Soman P, Travin MI. "Highlights of the 2011 Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: Denver, Colorado, September 8-11, 2011." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 19, no. 1, 2012, pp. 158-64.

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Arrighi JA, Dilsizian V. "Multimodality imaging for assessment of myocardial viability: nuclear, echocardiography, MR, and CT." Current Cardiology Reports, vol. 14, no. 2, 2012, pp. 234-43.

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Napoli AM, Arrighi JA, Siket MS, Gibbs FJ. "Physician discretion is safe and may lower stress test utilization in emergency department chest pain unit patients." Critical pathways in cardiology, vol. 11, no. 1, 2012, pp. 26-31.

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Shaw LJ, Mieres JH, Hendel RH, Boden WE, Gulati M, Veledar E, Hachamovitch R, Arrighi JA, Merz CN, Gibbons RJ, Wenger NK, Heller GV, WOMEN Trial Investigators. "Comparative effectiveness of exercise electrocardiography with or without myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography in women with suspected coronary artery disease: results from the What Is the Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in Women (WOMEN) trial." Circulation, vol. 124, no. 11, 2011, pp. 1239-49.

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Arrighi JA. "Educational initiatives for quality improvement projects: can you teach an old dog new tricks?." Circulation, vol. 123, no. 5, 2011, pp. 471-3.

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Brancato SC, Arrighi JA. "Fasting FDG PET compared to MPI SPECT in cardiac sarcoidosis." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 18, no. 2, 2011, pp. 371-4.

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Gemignani AS, Muhlebach SG, Abbott BG, Roye GD, Harrington DT, Arrighi JA. "Stress-only or stress/rest myocardial perfusion imaging in patients undergoing evaluation for bariatric surgery." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 18, no. 5, 2011, pp. 886-92.

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Arrighi JA, Cerqueira MD, Edgerton D. "Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology implements eligibility changes for US candidates." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 13, no. 4, 2006, pp. 595-6.

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Arrighi JA, Dilsizian V. "Nuclear probes for assessing myocardial viability in heart failure." Heart Failure Clinics, vol. 2, no. 2, 2006, pp. 129-43.

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Arrighi JA, Burg M, Cohen IS, Kao AH, Pfau S, Caulin-Glaser T, Zaret BL, Soufer R. "Myocardial blood-flow response during mental stress in patients with coronary artery disease." The Lancet, vol. 356, no. 9226, 2000, pp. 310-1.

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Arrighi JA, Soufer R. "Reverse redistribution: is it clinically relevant or a washout?." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 5, no. 2, 1998, pp. 195-201.

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Arrighi JA, Soufer R. "Left ventricular diastolic function: physiology, methods of assessment, and clinical significance." Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 2, no. 6, 1995, pp. 525-43.

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Dilsizian V, Perrone-Filardi P, Arrighi JA, Bacharach SL, Quyyumi AA, Freedman NM, Bonow RO. "Concordance and discordance between stress-redistribution-reinjection and rest-redistribution thallium imaging for assessing viable myocardium. Comparison with metabolic activity by positron emission tomography." Circulation, vol. 88, no. 3, 1993, pp. 941-52.

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Research

Research Statement

I am interested in research related to graduate medical education and nuclear cardiology. My interests in nuclear cardiology relate to clinical applications of nuclear imaging techniques.

Funded Research

None

Scholarly Work

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Russell RR, Abbott BG, Arrighi JA, et al. Highlights of the 2009 scientific session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. J Nucl Cardiol 2010;17:97-105.

Brancato S, Arrighi JA. Fasting FDG PET compared to MPI SPECT in cardiac sarcoidosis. J Nucl Cardiol 2011;18:371-4.

Russell RR, Abbott BG, Arrighi JA, et al. Highlights of the 2010 scientific session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. J Nucl Cardiol 2011;18:177-84.

Gemignani AS, Muhlebach SG, Abbott BG, Roye GD, Harrington DT, Arrighi JA. M.D.Stress-only or stress/rest myocardial perfusion imaging in patients undergoing evaluation for bariatric surgery. J Nucl Cardiol 2011;18:886-92.

Shaw LJ, Mieres JH, Mahmarian JJ, Arrighi JA, Ziffer JA, Cohen MC, Abbott BG, Flood KB. Excellence in imaging – ASNC’s strategic pathway. J Nucl Cardiol 2011;18: 981-4.

Shaw LR, Mieres JH, Hendel RH, Boden WE, Gulati M, Veledar E, Hachamovitch R, Arrighi JA, Bairey Merz N, Gibbons RJ, Wenger NK, Heller GV and the WOMEN Trial Investigators. Comparative effectiveness of exercise electrocardiography with or without myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography in women with suspected coronary artery disease: Results for the What is Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in Women (WOMEN) trail. Circulation 2011;124:1239-49.

Napoli AM, Arrighi JA, Sikot MS, Gibbs FJ. Physician discretion is safe and may lower stress test utilization in emergency department chest pain unit patients. Crit Pathways in Cardiol 2012;11:26-31.

Hachamovitch R, Nutter B, Hlatky MA, Shaw LJ, Ridner ML, Dorbala S, Beanlands RSB, Chow BJW, Branscomb E, Chareonthaitawee P, Weigold WG, Voros S, Abbara S, Yasuda T, Jacobs JE, Lesser J, Berman DS, Thomson LEJ, Raman S, Heller GV, Schussheim A, Brunken R, Williams KA, Farkas S, Delbelke D, Schoepf UJ, Reichek N, Rabinowitz S, Sigman SR, Patterson R, Corn CR, White R, Kazerooni E, Corbett J, Bokhari S, Machac J, Guarneri E, Borges-Neto S, Millstine JW, Caldwell J, Arrighi J, Hoffman U, Budhoff M, Lima J, Johnson JR, Johnson B, Gaber M, Williams JA, Foster C, Hainer J, DiCarli MF, for the SPARC Investigators. Patient management after noninvasive cardiac imaging: Results from SPARC (Study of Myocardial Perfusion and Coronary Anatomy Imaging Roles in Coronary Artery Disease). J Am Coll Cardiol 2012;59:462-74.

Kim J, Parikh P, Mahboob M, Arrighi JA, Atalay MK, Rowin EJ, Maron MS. Asymptomatic young man with Danon disease. Tex Heart Inst J 2014;41:332-4.

Busch AM, Fani Srour J, Arrighi JA, Kahler CW, Borrelli B. Valued life activities, smoking cessation, and mood in post-acute coronary syndrome patients. Int J Behav Med Medicine 2014; DOI 10.1007/s12529-014-9456-9.

Dilsizian V, Arrighi JA, Cohen RS, Miller TD, Solomon AJ, Udelson JE. COCATS Task Force 6: Training in nuclear cardiology. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015;65:1800-9.

Arrighi JA, Lundbye J. Proceedings of the ASNC cardiac PET summit meeting: 6. Recommendations for training and education for cardiac PET. J Nucl Cardiol 2015;22:740-3. (PMID 26105166)

Williams ES, Halperin JL, Arrighi JA, et al. 2016 ACC lifelong learning competencies for general cardiologists: A report of the ACC Competency Management Committee. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016;67:2656-95. (PMID 26902874).

Konstam MA, Hill JA, Harrington RA, Arrighi JA, Khera A. The academic medical system: Reinvention to survive the revolution in health care. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;69:1305-12. (PMID: 28279297)

Tammaro D, Arrighi J, Hilliard R, Toll E. Altruism: A story in three acts. Am J Med 2018:12:1526-7.

RECENT EDITORIALS AND REVIEWS:

Arrighi JA. Integrated imaging of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and viability. Current Cardiology Reports 2009;11:125-132.

Arrighi JA. Educational initiatives for quality improvement projects: Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Circulation 2011:123;471-3.

Russell RR, Abbott BG, Arrighi JA, et al. Highlights of the 2011 scientific session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. J Nucl Cardiol 2012;19:158-64.

Arrighi JA, Dilsizian V. Multimodality imaging for assessment of myocardial viability: Nuclear, echocardiography, MR, and CT. Curr Cardiol Reports 2012;14:234-43.

Arrighi JA. Nuclear cardiology: a call to action. J Nucl Cardiol 2013;20:315-6.

Arrighi JA. Advocacy: Defining quality in the field. J Nucl Cardiol 2013;20:485-6.

Shaw LJ, Wang TY, Mahmarian JJ, Tilkemeier PL, Douglas PS, Arrighi JA, Denton EA, Flood KB. Nuclear cardiology registry. J Nucl Cardiol 2013;20:655-6.

Arrighi JA. The changing face of graduate medical education: what is the impact on nuclear cardiology? J Nucl Card 2013;20:951-2.

Arrighi JA, Leppo JA. ASNC’s past, present, and future at 20 years: reflections from the 1^st and 20^th presidents. J Nucl Cardiol 2013;20:1188-90.

Arrighi JA, Hebert JC. Duty hour requirements: time for a new approach? JAMA 2014;312:2342-4.

Burchiel KJ, Zetterman RK, Ludmerer KM, Philibert I, Brigham TP, Malloy K, Arrighi JA, et al. The 2017 ACGME common work hour standards: Promoting physician learning and professional development in a safe, humane environment. J Grad Med Ed 2017:9;692-6. (PMID: 29270256)

Arrighi JA, Kilic S, Haines, PG. Perspectives on current training guidelines for cardiac imaging and recommendations for the future. Curr Cardiol Rep 2018;20:43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-018-0988-5 (PMID: 29687241)

Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
1987	MD	Brown University
1984	ScB	Brown University

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Researchers@Brown

James A Arrighi

Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Professor Emeritus of Medical Science

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