Majesh Makan, MD, FACC, FASE

Professor of Medicine

Additional Titles

  • Associate Director of Cardiac Diagnostic Laboratory

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

Valvular heart disease, Tissue Doppler.

Publications

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