UCI Cardiology Chief Jagat Narula, MD, Named

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Officials at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (LBMMC) have named world-renowned researcher and cardiologist Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, FACC, FRCP, medical director of the Memorial Heart and Vascular Institute (MHVI), effective immediately. Narula will facilitate a new partnership between MHVI and the University of California, Irvine (UCI), School of Medicine, creating an academic-private partnership and a world-class cardiology center.

The Long Beach Memorial and UCI partnership will merge each institution’s strengths: Long Beach Memorial offers excellent practitioners, groundbreaking programs and a large number of patients. UCI offers a medical school, cardiology fellowship program and extensive clinical and basic research facilities. Narula will retain his role as Chief of the Cardiology Division at the UCI School of Medicine, ensuring the close collaboration between the two organizations.

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