Martin Saul Kanovsky, M.D.

Specializes in: Adults (18+ years)

Male

Expertise

Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Preventive Cardiology ...read more

Locations

CardioCare LLC

Appointment Phone: 301-656-5050
5530 Wisconsin Avenue
Chevy Chase Building, Suite 700
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Fax: 301-656-3168
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Background

Dr. Martin S. Kanovsky is a cardiologist affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital, Suburban Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center, as well as a clinical assistant professor at George Washington University School of Medicine and Georgetown University School of Medicine. He practices out of CardioCare in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Dr. Kanovsky has expertise in echocardiography, preventive cardiology, cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology. 

Dr. Kanovsky earned his bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University and his medical degree from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he received the Mosby Commencement Award for ranking in the top 5% of his class. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  Previously, Dr. Kanovsky served as the chief of the Division of Cardiology, the CCU director and the noninvasive cardiology director at Sibley Memorial Hospital. 

Dr. Kanovsky has been regularly named a Top Doctor by Washingtonian Magazine and Consumers’ Checkbook magazine. He was also named a Top Cardiologist by Bethesda Magazine in 2010.

Dr. Kanovsky is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Echocardiography and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. 

Dr. Kanovsky has contributed to numerous publications.

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Departments / Divisions

  • Medicine at Suburban Hospital

Education

Degrees

  • MD; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1978)

Residencies

  • Medicine; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1981)

Fellowships

  • Cardiology; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1982)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) (1983)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (1981)

Research & Publications

Selected Publications

Kanovsky MS, Simon MB, Falcone RA, Dresden CA, Josephson ME: “The Late Potential as an Independent Marker for Ventricular Tachycardia,” J Am Col Cardiol 1983: 1(2):582

Kanovsky MS, Falcone RA, Dresden CA, Josephson ME, Simon MB. “Identification of Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia after Myocardial Infarction: Signal-averaged Electrocardiogram, Holter Monitoring, and Cardiac Catheterization,” Circulation 70:264, 1984

Simson MB, Kanovsky MS, Falcone RA, Dresden CA, Josephson ME. “Non-invasive Methods of Prediction Patients at Risk for Malignant Arrhythmias,” In Josephson ME and Wellans HJJ, Tachycardias: Mechanisms, Diagnoses Treatment. Philadelphia, PA 1984

Simson MB, Kanovsky MS, Dresden CA, Falcone RA, Josephson ME. “SignAveraging Methods to Select Patients at Risk for Lethal Arrhythmias,” Cardiovascular Clinics, 15/3. Sudden Cardiac Death, 1985, F.A. Davis Company

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • Top Doctor, Washingtonian Magazine, 2003
  • Top Doctor, Consumers' Checkbook, 2005
  • Top Cardiologist, Bethesda Magazine, 2010

Memberships

  • American College of Cardiology

    Fellow

  • American College of Physicians

    Fellow

  • American Society of Echocardiography

    Fellow

  • American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

    Fellow

Videos & Media

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

A growing number of primary-care doctors are burning out. How does this affect patients? The Washington Post (03/31/2014)

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