Attila Kovacs, MD

Attila Kovacs, MD

Professor of Medicine

Related Links

Mouse Cardiovascular Phenotyping Core

Kovacs Lab

Physician Profile

Research Profile

Education

  • Undergraduate: Pecs University of Medical Sciences, Pecs, Hungary (1981)
  • Undergraduate: Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (1985)
  • MD, “Summa Cum Laude”: Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary (198)
  • Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine: New York Medical College, Program B, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY (1990)
  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine: New York Medical College, Program B, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY (1991)
  • Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cardiology: Department of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO (1993)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cardiology and Dept. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology: University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO (1994)
  • Advanced Echocardiography Fellow, Division of Cardiology: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (1996)

Board Certifications

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Echocardiography

Recognition

  • Awarded “Certificate of Merit: in recognition of exceptional achievement as a PGY-II medicine resident, 1989

Clinical Interests

2-D echocardiography, tranesophageal echocardiography, and echocardiographic stress-testing

Research Interests

My research interests are in 2-D echocardiograhic assessment of mice, cardiovascular hemodynamics in mice, as well as generation of novel small animal models