Majesh Makan, MD, FACC, FASE

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Education

• MD: University of Panama School of Medicine, Panama, Republic of Panama (1984)
• First Year Intern (Transitional): Hospital of Social Security-Metropolitan Medical Center, Panama, Republic of Panama (1985)
• Second Year Intern (Rural Area): San Blas Integrated Health Center-Social Security System, San Blas Islands, Republic of Panama (1986)
• Clinical Research Associate: Gorgas Memorial Laboratory for Tropical Medicine, Panama, Republic of Panama (1988)
• Intern and Junior Resident, Medicine: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center-AECOM, Bronx, NY (1992)
• Residency, Medicine: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center-Columbia P & S, New York City, NY (1993)
• Fellowship, Cardiology: St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center-Columbia P & S, New York City, NY (1996)

Board Certifications

• Internal Medicine
• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Echocardiography

Recognition

• Best Doctors in America, 2011- 2016
• Teacher of the Year, 2010, Cardiovascular Division Washington University School of Medicine, 2010
• Member, Committee on Admissions, Academic Years 2004-2008, Washington University School of Medicine, 2008
• Teacher of the Year, 2005, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, 2005
• Teacher of the Year, 2004, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, 2004
• Teacher of the Year, 2003, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, 2003

Clinical Interests

Clinical cardiology, preventive cardiology, non-invasive imaging including transthoracic echocardiography, stress echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac CT angiography.

Research Interests

Echocardiography, clinical cardiology, diastolic heart failure, valvular heart disease, myocardial infarction, exercise stress testing, cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, dobutamine stress echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, TEE, perfusion contrast echocardiography