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Uri Elkayam, MDUri 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

 

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  FACULTY & STAFF
  Faculty
dot David Cesario, MD, PhD
dot Philip M. Chang, MD
dot Leonardo Clavijo, MD, PhD
dot Uri Elkayam, MD
dot Michael Fong, MD
dot Luanda Grazette, MD, FACC
dot L. Julian Haywood, MD
dot Howard Hodis, MD
dot Henry Huang, MD
dot Robert Kloner, MD, PhD
dot Tracy D. Lawrence MD, FACC
dot Peter Mahrer, MD
dot Ray Matthews, MD
dot Anilkumar Mehra, MD
dot Vivian Mo, MD
dot Tasneem Naqvi, MD
dot Enrique Ostrzega, MD
dot Mohammad Pashmforoush, MD
dot Salima Qamruddin, MD
dot Shahbudin Rahimtoola, MD
dot Leslie A. Saxon, MD
dot David Shavelle, MD
dot Jerold Shinbane, MD
dot Masato Takahashi, MD
dot Thomas-Duythuc To, MD
dot Helga Van Herle, MD
dot Andrew J. Yoon, MD
  Nurse Coordinators
dot Grace Kang, NP
dot Mary Schoenbaum, NP
dot Susan Song, RN