Accepting New Patients
Rajendra Makkar, MD
Accepting New Patients
4.8
Languages
- English,
Gender
Male
Experience
36 Years
Locations
Smidt Heart Institute
Smidt Heart Institute
- Pavilion is located at 127 S. San Vicente Boulevard between 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Valet parking and self-parking are available in the Pavilion Parking lot, located on Sherbourne Drive between West 3rd Street and Gracie Allen Drive. Park in the Gold Zone (Levels B2 and B3) and take the Gold Parking elevators to the Plaza Level. Follow the signs for the Pavilion elevators, and take the elevator up to your destination. For parking rates and hours of operation, please visit cedars-sinai.org/parking. Take a photo of your parking spot location to help find your parked car.
Experience
Specialties
Area in which a healthcare provider is highly trained and often board certified.
1
- IM Cardiology
Programs
Cedars-Sinai clinical programs this provider is part of:
5
Research Areas
Titles
- Associate Director, Heart Institute
- Associate Director, Interventional Technologies
- Stephen R. Corday, MD Chair in Interventional Cardiology
- Vice President, Cardiovascular Innovation and Intervention
- Executive Director, Cardiac Interventional Services
- Director, Interventional Cardiology Division
- Director, Interventional Cardiology Research Program
Education & Training
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship - Completed 1997
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship - Completed 1996
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Harper University Hospital
Residency - Completed 1993
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Harper University Hospital
Residency - Completed 1992
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Wayne State University Hospital
Internship - Completed 1990
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Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College
Medical School - Completed 1987
Achievements
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3
Board Certifications
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4
Awards and Honors
Board Certifications
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IM/Interventional Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine
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IM/Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine
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Harper University Hospital
Awards and Honors
- Chairman, Young Investigators Award, American College of Cardiology Sessions, 2006
- Judge, Young Investigators Award, American College of Cardiology Sessions, 2004 - 2005
- Stephen R. Corday Chair in Interventional Cardiology, 2010 – Current
- Elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America®, 2009 – Current
Publications
- Makkar RR, Fontana GP, Jilaihawi H, et al., Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement for Inoperable Severe Aortic Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 2012; 366(18):1696-704.
- Makkar RR, Fontana GP, Jilaihawi H, et al. Possible Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves. New England Journal of Medicine, 2015; 373:2015-2024
- Makkar RR, Yoon SH, Leon MB, et al. Association between transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid vs tricuspid aortic stenosis and mortality or stroke. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2019; 321(22):2193-202.
- Makkar RR, Cheng W, Waksman R, et al. Self-expanding intra-annular versus commercially available transcatheter heart valves in high and extreme risk patients with severe aortic stenosis (PORTICO IDE): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2020; 396(10252):669-683.
- Makkar RR, Blanke P, Leipsic J, et al. Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Transcatheter and Surgical Bioprosthetic Valves: PARTNER 3 Cardiac Computed Tomography Substudy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020; 75(24):3003-3015.
- Makkar RR, Thourani VH, Mack MJ, et al. Five-year outcomes of transcatheter or surgical aortic-valve replacement. New England Journal of Medicine. 2020; 383(6):595-596.
Insurances
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