CUIMC/Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center
173 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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About Nir Y. Uriel, MD
Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC is the Seymour, Paul, and Gloria Milstein Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Director of Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support at New York-Presbyterian. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Heart Failure Research Institute (HFRI) at Columbia University.
Dr. Uriel is an internationally recognized leader in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. His research focuses on novel therapies, hemodynamics and remote monitoring, biomarkers, artificial intelligence and digital health, and the development of next-generation approaches to LVA...
Board Certifications
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Disease
Expertise
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Cardio-Rheumatology
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Heart Failure
- Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
- Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
- Heart Transplantation
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD)
- Mechanical Assist Device
- Myocarditis
- Pericardial Disease
- 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
- Director, Cardiac Heart Failure/Transplant/Mechanical Devices
- 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
- Director, Cardiac Heart Failure/Transplant/Mechanical Devices
- 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
In the News
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