Mark R. Milunski, MD, FACC, FACP

Areas of expertise and specialization

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Chief of Cardiology Orlando VA Healthcare System 2014 - Present
• Professor of Internal Medicine University of Central Florida College of Medicine 2019 - Present
• Associate Professor of Internal Medicine University of Central Florida College of Medicine 2007 - 2019

Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 1982 Alpha Omega Alpha 
• Regional Top Doctor Year 2013 and 2014 
• Best Doctor in America 2011  
• Physician of the Quarter 2002  

Treatments

• Heart Disease
• Heart Failure
• Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
• Pain
• Vascular Disease

Professional Memberships

• American College of Cardiology  
• American College of Physicians  
• American Heart Association  

Fellowships

• Washington University Cardiovascular Disease  1991

Fellowships

• Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital 1987-1991

Professional Society Memberships

• Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American Heart Association

Professional Affiliations

• University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Articles and Publications

• Milunski MR, Gallis H, Fulkerson WJ. Staphylococcus aureus septicemia mimicking fulminant Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Am J Med 1987; 83:801-3.Milunski MR. Management of malignant tracheoesophageal fistula with a Celestin tube. NC Med J 1987; 48:565-6.Milunski MR, Canter CE, Wickline SA, Sobel BE, Miller JG, Prez JE. Cardiac cycle-dependent variation of integrated backscatter is not distorted by abnormal wall motion in human subjects with paradoxical septal motion. Ultrasound Med Biol 1989; 15:311-7.Milunski MR, Hampson NB. Is a lung nodule always a lung nodule? Osteocartilaginous exostosis mimicking an apical lung mass. NC Med J 1989; 50:185-6.Wickline SA, Prez JE, Wear KA, Mohr GA, Milunski MR, Barzilai B, Sobel BE, Miller JG. Ultrasonic characterization of cardiovascular tissue. Proceedings of National Institutes of Health Conference on modeling in biomedical research: An assessment of current and potential approaches, applications to studies in cardiovascular/pulmonary function and diabetes. 1989.Milunski MR, Mohr GA, Wear KA, Sobel BE, Miller JG, Wickline SA. Early detection of viable but stunned myocardium in dogs with ultrasonic integrated backscatter. J Am Coll Cardiol 1989; 14:462-71.Milunski MR, Mohr GA, Gessler CJ, Vered Z, Wear KA, Sobel BE, Miller JG, Prez JE, Wickline SA. Ultrasonic tissue characterization with integrated backscatter: acute myocardial ischemia, reperfusion and stunned myocardium in patients. Circulation 1989; 80:491-503.Wear KA, Milunski MR, Wickline SA, Prez JE, Sobel BE, Miller JG. Differentiation between acutely ischemic myocardium and zones of completed infarction in dogs on the basis of frequency dependent backscatter. J Acoust Soc Am 1989; 85:2634-41.Wear KA, Milunski MR, Wickline SA, Prez JE, Sobel BE, Miller JG. Contraction-related variation in the frequency dependence of acoustic properties of canine myocardium. J Acoust Soc Am 1989; 86:2067-72.Miller JG, Barzilai B, Milunski MR, Mohr GA, Prez JE, Thomas LJ III, Wear KA, Wickline SA, Vered Z, Sobel BE. Myocardial tissue characterization: clinical confirmation of laboratory results. Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium 1989; 89CH2791-2: 1029-36.Wear KA, Milunski MR, Wickline SA, Prez JE, Sobel BE, Miller JG. The effect of frequency on the magnitude of cyclic variation of backscatter in dogs and implications for prompt detection of acute myocardial ischemia. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelec Freq Contr 1991; 38:498-502.Kumar S, Madanieh A, Patel H, Murthy R, Goyos J, Milunski M. (July 08, 2018) Large Unilateral Pleural Effusion with Pacemaker-associated Post-cardiac Injury Syndrome. Cureus 10(7): e2946. doi:10.7759/cureus.2946Sourial K, Kumar S, Yazigi G, Patel H, Fischer W, Hussain S, Milunski M. A Non-Fatal Arrhythmia Associated With a Fatal Coronary Anomaly. Presented at 2019 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May 8-11, 2019. Washington, DC.Kumar S, Mogalapalli A, Milunski M R (February 24, 2021) Chronic Aortocaval Fistula Presenting as Right Heart Failure: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Cureus 13(2): e13528. doi:10.7759/cureus.13528Ghosh S, Milunski M R (April 19, 2021) Cardiac Rhabdomyoma in an Adult. Cureus 13(4): e14565. doi:10.7759/cureus.14565Afify H, Ghosh S, Khalil M, Milunski M. (May 19, 2021) An Unusual Presentation of Left Ventricular Non-compaction Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Patient. Cureus 13(5): e15112. doi:10.7759/cureus.15112

Awards

• Numerous professional and teaching awards.

Hobbies / Sports

• travel, camping

Favorite professional publications

• Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation

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