Kelly Marie Axsom, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell
- Amerigroup of New Jersey
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Kelly Marie Axsom, MD
Kelly Axsom, MD is a cardiologist, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with advanced heart failure including those requiring left ventricular assist device or cardiac transplantation. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, General Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation.
Dr. Axsom received her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center where she was also the Chief Medical Resident. She completed her Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at NYU Medical Center where she served as Chief Fellow. She completed her advanced training in advanced heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac assist devices and transplantation at Weill Cornell and Columbia University Medical Centers.
Dr. Axsom is currently Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, Center for Advanced Cardiac Care of the Columbia University Medical Center. Her clinical and research interests include the acute care and chronic management of patients with heart failure, comprising a combined goal of reducing hospitalizations and improving the transition of care from the in-patient to the out-patient setting. Dr. Axsom is leading the clinical initiative for the continuous hemodynamic monitoring of these patients at Columbia University Medical Center.
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Internal Medicine
Expertise
Cardiogenic Shock
Cardiomyopathy
Congestive Heart Failure
Heart Disease
Heart Failure
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Heart Transplant
Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD)
Pulmonary Hypertension
Education
Fellowship: New York University Langone Medical Center
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Fellowship: New York University Langone Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Internal Medicine