Mark K. Urman MD FACC FASE FAHA
Co-Director, Preventive and Consultative Heart Center
Immediate-Past Clinical Chief, Division of Cardiology
Mark K. Urman, MD is Co-Director of the Preventive and Consultative Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Immediate-Past Clinical Chief of the Division of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he has been in practice since 1994. He is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center. His main interests are clinical, non-invasive and consultative cardiology, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, echocardiography and preventive cardiology.
Dr. Urman is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC), a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), and a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE) and is board-certified in cardiovascular diseases and echocardiography.
Dr. Urman serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Heart Foundation at Cedars-Sinai, and the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles County Division of the American Heart Association.
Dr. Urman has had the distinction of being named one of "America's Top Physicians" in Cardiology by the Consumer's Research Council of America every year since 2003, listed in the Guide to America's Top Cardiologists every year since 2006 and now is found in the Leading Physicians of the World recognizing doctors of excellence. In 2009, he was selected a Top Cardiologist in Los Angeles by the International Association of Cardiologists. He was featured in the last two consecutive “Super Doctors” editions of Los Angeles magazine. These top physicians were selected by their peers, and Dr. Urman was chosen as one of the best cardiologists in Southern California. In 1991, he was awarded the Ben Newman, MD Award at Cedars-Sinai in recognition for compassion and empathy toward his patients. Dr. Urman was recognized for his outstanding teaching of cardiology trainees at Cedars-Sinai in 2006/2007.
Dr. Urman has written many articles in peer-reviewed publications, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Radiology and Echocardiography. In addition to his published research articles, Dr. Urman has lectured extensively on hyperlipidemia, hypertension, heart failure and the pharmacological and lifestyle management of cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Urman received his bachelor's and medical degrees from Northwestern University where he was enrolled in the Honors Program. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency at Cedars-Sinai and his cardiology fellowship at the UCLA-West Los Angeles Veteran's Administration Medical Center.
