Raj Makkar
Interventional / Structural Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
About
Raj Makkar works in Interventional / Structural Cardiology affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Rajendra R. Makkar, MD is Professor of Cardiology and Associate Director of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He specializes in interventional cardiology with a focus on transcatheter valve therapies and has been involved in major clinical trials on aortic valve replacement. His ORCID is 0000-0002-6613-519X.
Research focus
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)Valvular Heart DiseaseAortic StenosisStructural Heart InterventionsInterventional Cardiology Research
Impact
812 pubs · 70,363 cites · h-index 108
Training
MD
Gujarat University / N.H.L. Municipal Medical College
1987
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Cardiology; Associate Director, Smidt Heart Institute; Co-Director, Interventional Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center