Raza H Orakzai, MD, FACC, FASNC

Dr. Raza Orakzai is a cardiovascular disease specialist who earned his medical degree from The Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his internal medicine residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania, followed by a cardiology fellowship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Orakzai holds board certification in internal medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of both the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (FASNC). He provides care in English.

Dr. Orakzai practices at Saint Francis Hospital with locations in Lakewood and Tacoma, Washington. His expertise includes treating coronary artery disease and addressing heart conditions that specifically affect women. He specializes in diagnosing myocardial ischemia, which occurs when the heart muscle doesn't receive enough blood flow. Dr. Orakzai performs electrocardiograms to monitor …heart rhythm, contrast echocardiography for detailed heart imaging, and transthoracic echocardiograms to evaluate heart function. Patients have given him an average rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars.