BekirHMelekMD
Cardiology • Covington, LAAdult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Physician
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Office
1006 S Harrison Street
Covington, LA 70433Phone+1 985-871-4140Fax+1 985-871-4150- Is this information wrong?
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 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, Sungjin Kim, Arthur E. Stillman, Paolo Raggi> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013 May 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, Christiane M. Hadi, David H Chansolme, Holly A Murphy, Bekir H Melek, Alan N. Tenagli...> ;Plos Clinical Trials. 2007 Jan 5
- 18 citationsGuillain-Barré Syndrome as a Cause of Reversible CardiomyopathyJason S Finkelstein, Bekir H Melek> ;Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2006 Jan 1
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Professional Memberships
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Hospital Affiliations
St. Tammany Health SystemCovington, Louisiana
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