Dr. Amgad N. Makaryus

Dr. Amgad N. Makaryus completed medical school training at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in 2000. He then went on to complete his Internal Medicine residency and cardiovascular fellowship at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY. Further subspecialty training in cardiovascular imaging including echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI was undertaken by Dr. Makaryus from 2006 to 2007 at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York. This subspecialty fellowship in cardiac imaging focused on training and research projects in the field of cardiovascular imaging. He returned to North Shore University Hospital in 2007 and served as director of cardiac CT and MRI (2008-2012) as well as the director of the echocardiography laboratory (2009-2012). In September 2012, Dr. Makaryus became the chairman of Cardiology at Nassau University Medical Center, where he has served to expand and solidify their cardiac care services since his appointment. Dr. Makaryus serves as a Professor of Cardiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. His research interests include the ideal application and equitable integration of cardiovascular imaging into the appropriate diagnosis and management of patients with and at risk for cardiovascular disease.