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Elaine M. Winkel, MD, FACC
Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Winkel's clinical interests are the care of patients with all forms of heart failure, including the use of ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation. After medical school, Dr. Winkel was chief resident in Internal Medicine and then completed fellowships in Cardiology and in Heart Failure and Transplantation at Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois. She joined the faculty at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago in 1994 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College. From 1994-2002, she was an attending cardiologist in the Heart Failure and Transplant program at Rush, and served as the program director of the Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship. In 2002 she established a heart failure and transplant program for The Lankenau Hospital, Mainline Health System, in Wynnewood PA. She joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Heart Failure and Transplant Program in 2005 as an Associate Professor of Medicine.


UW Health Clinics
Cardiovascular Medicine Clinic (608) 263-1530
(800) 323-8942
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Heart Failure Clinic (608) 263-1530
(800) 323-8942
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Heart Transplant Clinic (608) 262-8915
(800) 323-8942
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Other Locations
Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology (920) 730-6700 Affinity Heart and Lung Center Map
Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology (715) 847-2611 Cardiovascular Associates of Northern Wisconsin Map
Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology (815) 395-9196 Rockford Cardiology Associates Map

Procedures

Our doctors provide a wide range of services. The following list represents some, but not all, of the procedures offered by this physician.

Heart Transplant, Medical Management of Transplant Patients, Pulmonary Stress Test

Languages Spoken
English
Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000.

Professional Certifications and Education
Board Certification Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowship Loyola University Medical Center
Residency Loyola University Medical Center
Internship Loyola University Medical Center, IL
Medical School Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, 1987

Hospital Affiliations
Primary Affiliation(s) University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Secondary Affiliation(s) Meriter Hospital, Veterans Hospital - Wm. S. Middleton Memorial

Research

Dr. Winkel's research interests include myocarditis, anemia in heart failure, surgical treatment of heart failure and the use of ventricular assist devices. She has been an investigator in numerous clinical heart failure trials studying new pharmalogic agents, pacemakers, and ventricular assist devices.


UW School of Medicine and Public Health
Medicine