Dr. Abdul Tajik, MD

Dr. A. Jamil Tajik is President of Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.  He is the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Professor Emeritus and Chairman Emeritus of Zayed Cardiovascular Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.Dr. Tajik received his medical degree from King Edward Medical College Lahore, Pakistan, in 1965, and completed Residency and Fellowship in Cardiology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.  In 1972, he was appointed as a consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.  He was Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory from 1980-1992 and Chairman of the Mayo Cardiovascular Division from 1993-2002.Dr. Tajik is an active member of several professional societies and organizations including the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, American Society of Echocardiography, International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Heart Valve Society of America.  He served as the Chairman of Echocardiography Committees of the American Heart Association, as well as American College of Cardiology.  He was the Chairman of the International Committee of the American College of Cardiology from 2001-2006.  He is a member of the Editorial Board of several prestigious cardiology journals. Dr. Tajik has a passion for teaching.  He was named Teacher of the Year by the Cardiovascular Fellows on five occasions and received the prestigious Melvin L. Marcus Memorial Award for distinguished contribution as Gifted Teacher in Cardiology in 2000.  He has been the director/codirector of a large number of cardiology courses including 25 programs at the American College of Cardiology Learning Center Heart House and 50 American College of Cardiology/American Society of Echocardiography extramural courses.  He also codirected international courses in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Kuwait, Egypt, Pakistan and United Arab Emerites.  Dr. Tajik was the Director and permanent host of the award-winning tele-education program Cardiology Today and Tomorrow.His major areas of teaching and research include echocardiography/imaging, adult congenital heart disease, aortopathies, cardiomyopathies, valvular heart disease, pericardial diseases and diastolic heart failure.  Dr. Tajik also has a special interest in preventative cardiology.  His bibliography to date includes more than 600 articles and book chapters.  He has also coauthored seven books.  Dr. Tajik holds several U.S. patents on ultras

• Medical School, 1965
• King Edward Medical College, University of the Punjab