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Medicine, Cardiology / Cardiovascular Disease
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Hospital Affiliation:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License:
G64544
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Professional Titles

  • Chief (Interim), UCLA Division of Cardiology
  • Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
  • Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program
  • The Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science

Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow serves as Interim Chief of UCLA's Division of Cardiology, Director of the Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, and Co-director of UCLA's Preventative Cardiology Program. He attained the rank of Professor of Medicine in 2003. He was awarded the Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science in 2003. His research interests center on heart failure management, preventative cardiology, disease management, and implementing treatment systems to improve clinical outcome. Dr Fonarow has published over 800 research studies and clinical trials in heart failure management, preventative cardiology, and outcomes research. New therapies and management strategies for advanced heart failure and research into the pathophysiology of this disease are conducted at UCLA under his direction. He has also developed and successfully implemented a comprehensive atherosclerosis treatment program at the UCLA Medical Center (Cardiovascular Hospitalization Atherosclerosis Management Program: CHAMP). Dr Fonarow is on the steering committee for the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines (GWTG) program, ADHERE Registries, and OPTIMIZE-HF. He serves as a reviewer and on the editorial boards of a number of leading cardiovascular journals. Dr. Fonarow received the outstanding UCLA Cardiology Faculty Teaching Award in 1997 and was honored by the American College of Cardiology with the W. Proctor Harvey Young Teacher Award in 1998. He received an AHA Award of Meritorious Achievement in 2004.

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uclahealth.org/heart
uclahealth.org/transplants/heart
medschool.ucla.edu/cardiovascular

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Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
100 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 630
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Medical Board Certifications
Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1993
Fellowship
Medicine/Cardiology, UCLA School of Medicine, 1990-1993
Residency
Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 1988-1990
Internship
Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 1987-1988
Degree
UCLA School of Medicine, MD, 1987
Research Interests
  • Heart Failure Management
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Preventive Cardiology
  • Disease Management
  • Quality of Care/Outcomes
Publications
Link to Dr. Fonarow's PubMed publications >
In The News

Alcohol and high blood pressure may not mix (CBS News, May 2016)
UCLA Heart Care Program Improves Treatment, Cuts Repeat Heart Attacks and Lowers Mortality - (UCLA Cardiologist Receives Award for Heart Work)

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2015 World's Most Influential Scientific Minds
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