BekirHMelekMD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Physician

Overview of Dr. Melek

Dr. Bekir Melek is a cardiologist in Covington, LA and is affiliated with St. Tammany Health System. He received his medical degree from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 30 years. Dr. Melek accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 35 doctors at St. Tammany Health System who specialize in Cardiology. He has 4 publications and over 200 citings.

Office
1006 S Harrison Street
Covington, LA 70433
Book by Phone+1(985) 322-5799

Fax+1 985-871-4150
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Education & Training

Tulane UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1997 - 2000
Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Istanbul University FomClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 2007 - 2025
VA State Medical License 1996 - 2024
LA State Medical License 1997 - 2024
GA State Medical License 2011 - 2017
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Aprima EHR, Aprima Medical Software, Inc., 2012
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

121 citations
Effect of intensive versus moderate lipid-lowering therapy on epicardial adipose tissue in hyperlipidemic post-menopausal women: a substudy of the BELLES trial (Beyond...
Nikolaos Alexopoulos, Bekir H. Melek, Chesnal D. Arepalli, Gregory-Randell Hartlage, Zhengjia Chen, Sungjin Kim, Arthur E. Stillman, Paolo Raggi> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013 May 14
99 citations
Randomized dose-ranging controlled trial of AQ-13, a candidate antimalarial, and chloroquine in healthy volunteers.
Fawaz Mzayek, Haiyan Deng, Frances J. Mather, Elizabeth C Wasilevich, Huayin Liu, Christiane M. Hadi, David H Chansolme, Holly A Murphy, Bekir H Melek, Alan N. Tenagli...> ;Plos Clinical Trials. 2007 Jan 5
18 citations
Guillain-Barré Syndrome as a Cause of Reversible Cardiomyopathy
Jason S Finkelstein, Bekir H Melek> ;Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2006 Jan 1
Acute retroviral disease masquerading as bacterial sepsis: the "bands" play on.
Flemmer, M., Oldfield, E. C., Melek, B. H.> ;South Med J. 1996 Mar
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Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
Member

Hospital Affiliations

St. Tammany Health SystemCovington, Louisiana

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Georgia Blue Choice HMO
BCBS Georgia Blue Open Access POS
BCBS Georgia BlueChoice Option POS
BCBS Illinois BlueChoice Select
BCBS Illinois HMO
BCBS Illinois PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Cofinity PPO
Connecticare FlexPOS
Coventry Health Care PPO Platinum
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
HealthLink PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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