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Uri Elkayam, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine (Part-Time)

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Overview

Dr. Uri Elkayam is a professor of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the maternal cardiology program at the university of Southern California in Los Angeles. Dr. Elkayam has been a member of the faculty of the division of cardiology since 1981 and his previous positions included chief of cardiology USC university hospital and director of the heart failure program. He is a past member of the executive council of the Heart Failure Society of America.

Dr Elkayam research and clinical interests are congestive heart failure, heart disease and pregnancy, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and cardiovascular pharmacology. He has been involved in more than 100 self-initiated, NIH and industry funded research projects and has served in a leading position in numerous national and international multicenter studies.

He is an associate editor of the journal JACC Advances and an editorial consultant for the journal JACC heart failure. Dr. Elkayam is the author or co-author of over 250 publications and over 90 book chapters and the editor of 4 editions of the textbook “Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy”.

He has been the director of the annual Los Angeles heart failure symposium since 1996, the founder and chairman of the International Congress on Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy, and the director of an annual national symposium on cardio obstetrics university.

Dr. Elkayam was the recipient of the 2021 American College of Cardiology Bernadine Healy Leadership in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease Distinguished Award.

Awards

  • 8th World Congress on Heart Failure: Melvin L. Marcus Memorial Award for Distinguished Contribution as a Gifted Teacher, 2002
  • Department of Maternal- Fetal Medicine, USC Women’s & Children’s Hospital: Award for Education of Residents and Fellows, 2002
  • International Academy of Cardiology: Distinguished Fellowship Award- Cardiology, 2007
  • American College of Cardiology: Bernadine Healy Leadership in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease Distinguished Award, 2021

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Publications

  • Long-Term Adverse Events and Cardiac Recovery Among Women With Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. JACC Heart Fail. 2026 Jul 28; 103234.. View in PubMed
  • Managing a Pregnant Patient With a Mechanical Heart Valve and Subchorionic Hematomas. JACC Case Rep. 2026 Feb 18; 31(7):106549.. View in PubMed
  • Second Wave: Dynamic LVOT Obstruction in a Patient With Previous Subaortic Membrane. Circ Heart Fail. 2026 Feb; 19(2):e013477.. View in PubMed
  • Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Lessons From Long-Term Outcomes in Israel. JACC Heart Fail. 2026 Mar; 14(3):102818.. View in PubMed
  • Outcome of Pregnancy in Women With Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Systematic Review. Am J Cardiol. 2025 Sep 01; 250:9-16.. View in PubMed
  • Bromocriptine in the treatment of peripartum cardiomyopathy: is it ready for prime time? Eur Heart J. 2025 Mar 13; 46(11):1028-1030. Elkayam U . View in PubMed
  • Cathepsin-D and outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Results from IPAC. Am Heart J Plus. 2025 Jan; 49:100489.. View in PubMed
  • CMR and adverse clinical outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J Plus. 2024 Dec; 48:100484.. View in PubMed
  • Cardiovascular Adaptation in Normal Pregnancy With 2D and 3D Echocardiography, Speckle Tracking, and Radial Artery Tonometry. JACC Adv. 2024 Nov; 3(11):101360.. View in PubMed
  • Management of Woman With Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis During Pregnancy: Importance of Multimodality Evaluation. JACC Case Rep. 2024 Oct 16; 29(20):102628.. View in PubMed

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