MerijeTChukumerijeMD

Non-Invasive Cardiology

Sports Cardiologist

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Office
8501 Wilshire Blvd Ste 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone+1 310-358-3496

Fax+1 323-226-2657

Sports Cardiology-
Team physician for the Los Angeles Clippers (NBA), Kings (NHL), and Galaxy (MLS)

New York Medical CollegeClass of 2014
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease

PubMed

5 citations
Reckoning 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. 2023-08-01
4 citations
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perioperative Health Care Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Adam J Milam, Modele O Ogunniyi, Abimbola O Faloye, Luis R Castellanos, Ricardo E Verdiner
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024-01-30
1 citations
The 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. 2023-11-01

Combating Heart Disease in the Black CommunityFebruary 24th, 2022
LeBron James' Son Is Released from Hospital Days After Suffering a Cardiac ArrestJuly 29th, 2023
Bronny James Eats Out and Plays the Piano. Good Signs After Cardiac ArrestAugust 1st, 2023
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