Stamatios Lerakis, MD, FAHA, FACC, FASE, FCCP
Title: Associate Professor of Medicine
Head of Cardiac MRI at Emory University Hospital and Clinic
Division: Cardiothoracic Imaging
Focus Area: Cardiovascular Imaging
Other Focus: Interventional Echocardiography
Novel therapies for acute MI
Endocarditis
Medical School: Medical School of Athens in Greece (1988)
Residency: Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
Fellowship: Brown University
University of Texas Medical Branch
Emory University School of Medicine
Current Organization:
American Heart Association
Council of Clinical Cardiology
Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
American Society of Echocardiography
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Career Sketch: Dr. Lerakis joined EMORY HEALTHCARE after he finished his fellowship in Echocardiography at Emory University and is currently the head of Cardiac MRI at The Emory Clinic. Recently, Dr. Lerakis has been awarded the honor of being one of “America’s Top Cardiologists” by Consumers’ Research Council of America. Dr. Lerakis has been a member of the Research Committee of the American Society of Echocardiography (2003-2006), Editor of the Cardiology Grand Rounds for the American Journal of Medical Sciences, and a manuscript reviewer of multiple journals including The American Journal of Cardiology. His main focus of clinical practice and research has been noninvasive cardiology. Dr. Lerakis has been involved in house-staff teaching at all levels at Emory University.