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Office
8501 Wilshire Blvd
200
Beverly Hills, CA 90211- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Sports Cardiology-
Team physician for the Los Angeles Clippers (NBA), Kings (NHL), and Galaxy (MLS)
Education & Training
- New York Medical CollegeClass of 2014
- University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perioperative Health Care Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.Stewart, J., Okoh, A., Bradley, S., Roswell, R., Furr-Holden, D., Milam, A., Ogunniyi, M., Faloye, A., Castellanos, L., Verdiner, R., Chukumerije, M., Douglass, P., Oy...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024 Jan 30
- 1 citationsThe fallen athlete: Fellow athletes are not performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation when a teammate suffers sudden cardiac arrest.Merije Chukumerije, Thomas S Truglio, Gregory A Dadekian, Lorrel E B Toft> ;The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023 Nov 1
- 2 citationsReckoning with race in sports cardiology: a call to action.Aubrey Grant, Sheela Krishnan, Merije Chukumerije, James Sawalla Guseh, Jonathan H Kim> ;British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2023 Aug 1
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Press Mentions
- Combating Heart Disease in the Black CommunityFebruary 24th, 2022
- Bronny James Eats Out and Plays the Piano. Good Signs After Cardiac ArrestAugust 1st, 2023
- Bronny James Has Congenital Heart Defect, Probable Cause of His Cardiac ArrestSeptember 21st, 2023
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Hospital Affiliations
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, California
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