Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Morehouse
Education & Training
- Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine
- Internship: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- Residency: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Fellowships
Duke University Medical Center
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Update to the JACC Report Card: Excess Cardiovascular Mortality Among Black Americans, 2000-2023.
Arun AS, Sawano M, Lu Y, Warner F, Caraballo C, Khera R, Echols MR, Yancy CW, Krumholz HM
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2025;86(8):559-562.
PMID: 40835364 - Social Drivers of Health in Heart Failure Trials: An Analysis From the Heart Failure Collaboratory.
DeFilippis EM, Blumer V, Makuvire TT, Echols MR, Adamson PB, Solomon S, Pina IL, Stein KM, Vaduganathan M, Walsh MN, Vardeny O, Jessup M, Yancy CW, Lindenfeld J, O'Connor CM, Fiuzat M
JACC. Heart failure. 2025;13(9):102546.
PMID: 40680703 - Severe Visual-Auditory Impairments and Heart Failure Readmissions: Insights From the National Readmission Database.
Echols MR, Udongwo N, Ikamato M, Abe T, Onwuanyi A, Heaton J, Almendral J
JACC. Advances. 2025;4(7):101895.
PMID: 40540769 - Health Equity in Cardiovascular Care: A Clinical Imperative for Better Outcomes.
Kramer CM, Echols MR
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2025;86(8):630-633.
PMID: 40536468 - Enhancing the Clinical Research Workforce: Lessons From the ACC-CTR Bootcamp.
Douglas PS, Batchelor WB, Echols MR, Mitchell S, Walsh MN, Wang TY
JACC. Advances. 2025;4(5):101705.
PMID: 40286365 - Risk, Revelation, and Reflection: A Personal Journey Through Ethics, Risk Literacy, and Informed Consent.
Echols MR
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes. 2024;17(11):e010894.
PMID: 39561233 - Achieving Equitable Cardiovascular Care for All: ACC Board of Trustees Health Equity Task Force Action Plan.
Douglass PL, Itchhaporia D, Bozkurt B, Roswell RO, Khandelwal A, Capers Q, Berlacher K, Ogunniyi MO, Bailey AL, Levy PD, Grant AJ, Tocco J, Natcheva A, Asare AG, Bhatt AB, Mieres JH, Disch MF, Echols MR
JACC. Advances. 2024;3(7):101050.
PMID: 39130032 - Excess Cardiovascular Mortality Among Black Americans 2000-2022.
Arun AS, Sawano M, Lu Y, Warner F, Caraballo C, Khera R, Echols MR, Yancy CW, Krumholz HM
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024;84(6):581-588.
PMID: 38901531 - Medicare's Canopy to the Roots of Heart Failure Management: Seeing the Trees or the Forest?
Echols MR, Itchhaporia D, Douglass P
JACC. Heart failure. 2024;12(6):1056-1058.
PMID: 38839149 - Access to durable LVAD therapy for patients with limited social support: Surveying program-specific approaches.
Wald JW, Bennett M, Chou J, Pal JD, Ravichandran A, Echols MR, Masser KS, Sheikh FH, Sayer G,
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. 2024;43(6):996-998.
PMID: 38342158
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