Faculty & Staff

Uri Elkayam, MD
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Obstetric and Gynecology

Contact Information

Academic Office:
LAC+USC Medical Center
1200 North State Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: (323) 226-7541

For patients:
Healthcare Consultation Center II
1520 San Pablo Street
Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Appointment line: (323) 442-7669

Specialties

• Heart Failure
• Heart disease in pregnancy
• Coronary artery disease
• Valvular heart disease

Background

Uri Elkayam, MD is a Professor of Medicine and a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Southern California. He is a nationally and internationally known expert in heart failure and heart disease in pregnancy. Dr Elkayam is a past member of the executive council of the Heart Failure Society of America and the chairman of its corporate affairs committee. He is a present or past editorial board member of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology , American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Cardiac Failure, Heart Failure, Heart Failure Reviews, Journal of Preventive Cardiology and Cardiology in Review.

Degrees

• Doctor of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, 1973.

Internships

• Tel-Aviv Souraski Medical Center, Israel, 1973-1974

Residencies

• Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel 1974-1976.

Fellowships

• Hospital of Albert Einstein, New York - Cardiology, 1976 - 1978.
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, - Cardiology, 1978 - 1979.

Board Certification

• Internal Medicine, 1989
• Cardiovascular Disease, 1991

Memberships

• American College of Physicians
• American College of Cardiology
• American Heart Association