Heart Failure Research Institute

Our Team

The team behind the Heart Failure Research Institute is made up of world-renowned heart failure experts and visionary leaders from NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Leadership Team

Nir Uriel, MD, MSc, FACC

Executive Director, Heart Failure Research Institute
Director, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs
NewYork-Presbyterian

Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Gabriel Sayer, MD

Associate Executive Director, Heart Failure Research Institute
Associate Director, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs
NewYork-Presbyterian

Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Erica Lancet, MPA

Director, Strategy and Operations, Heart Failure Research Institute
NewYork-Presbyterian

Steering Committee

Parag Goyal, MD, MSc, FACC

Director, HFpEF and Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Evelyn Horn, MD

Director, Perkin Heart Failure Center
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Mathew Maurer, MD

Director, Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Arnold and Arlene Goldstein Professor of Cardiology
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Melana Yuzefpolskaya, MD

Associate Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Additional team members

Ashley Beecy, MD

Medical Director, Artificial Intelligence Operations
NewYork-Presbyterian

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Madeline Checo-Martinez

Program Coordinator, Heart Failure Research Institute
NewYork-Presbyterian