
Bekir H Melek MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Physician
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1006 S Harrison StreetCovington, LA 70433
Phone+1 985-871-4140
Fax+1 985-871-4150
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Education & Training
- Tulane UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1997 - 2000
- Old Dominion UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
- Istanbul University FomClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- CT State Medical License 2007 - 2026
- LA State Medical License 1997 - 2026
- VA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
- 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
- 139 citationsEffect 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
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013-05-14 - 99 citationsRandomized 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
Plos Clinical Trials. 2007-01-05 - 18 citationsGuillain-Barré Syndrome as a Cause of Reversible CardiomyopathyJason S Finkelstein, Bekir H Melek
Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2006-01-01
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