Nir Y. Uriel, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
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
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- 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 Nir Y. Uriel, MD
Dr. Nir Uriel, an internationally recognized leader in heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation, has been named Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian. Dr. Uriel will oversee heart failure programs at NewYork-Presbyterian's campuses in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Westchester, with a goal to increase accessibility of care for those with advanced heart failure throughout the New York area.
Dr. Uriel was born and raised in Israel, where he attended medical school. After serving for four years as a physician in the Israeli Defense Forces, he then completed his cardiology residency and fellowship. In 2008, he moved to New York to pursue fellowships at NewYork- Presbyterian/Columbia in cardiology, heart failure, transplant, and mechanical circulatory support and remained here as a faculty member until 2014. He then served as the Louis Block Professor of Medicine and Director of Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support at the University of Chicago Medicine, where, in 2018, he and his Chicago team made history performing two tripleorgan transplants within 27 hours.
A dedicated researcher with more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Uriel has improved treatment protocols for patients with end-stage heart failure and has extended criteria for the use of ventricular assist devices and eligibility for transplant for high-risk patients, including those who are HIV positive. His research continues with a focus on interactions of medical devices, such as VADS, with the human body.
Board Certifications
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Disease
Expertise
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Heart Failure
Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Heart Transplantation
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD)
Mechanical Assist Device
Pulmonary Hypertension
Education
Fellowship: Assaf Harofeh Hospital
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Internship: Assaf Harofeh Hospital
Medical School: Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Residency: Assaf Harofeh Hospital
Languages
- Hebrew
- Italian
Titles & Positions
Professor of Medicine Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians
Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Assaf Harofeh Hospital
- Internship: Assaf Harofeh Hospital
- Medical School: Ben Gurion University of the Negev
- Residency: Assaf Harofeh Hospital
Titles & Positions
- Professor of Medicine Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians
- Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine
Board Certifications
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Disease
Languages Spoken
- Hebrew
- Italian