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.
![Heart Failure Research Institute Team Posing For Picture](https://nyp.widen.net/content/4jlmjnwyyz/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Institute-Team-Posing-For-Picture.jpeg)
Leadership Team
![Heart Failure Research Team Nir Uriel Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/mz9cvham4b/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Nir-Uriel.jpeg)
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
![Heart Failure Research Team Gabriel Sayer Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/rbwjqn9ufv/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Gabriel-Sayer.jpeg)
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
![Heart Failure Research Team Erica Lancet Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/wvjvu3pbgj/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Erica-Lancet.jpeg)
Erica Lancet, MPA
Director, Strategy and Operations, Heart Failure Research Institute
NewYork-Presbyterian
Steering Committee
![Heart Failure Research Team Parag Goyal Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/o3j8anpms8/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Parag-Goyal.jpeg)
Director, HFpEF and Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
![Heart Failure Research Team Evelyn Horn Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/gofdnuezxr/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Evelyn-Horn.jpeg)
Director, Perkin Heart Failure Center
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
![Heart Failure Research Team Mathew Maurer Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/sbtwi5otnw/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Mathew-Maurer.jpeg)
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
![Heart Failure Research Team Melana Yuzefpolskaya Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/5o3cfs3hmq/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Melana-Yuzefpolskaya.jpeg)
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
![Heart Failure Research Team Ashley Beecy Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/hcffzdrohl/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Ashley-Beecy.jpeg)
Medical Director, Artificial Intelligence Operations
NewYork-Presbyterian
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
![Heart Failure Research Team Madeline Checo Martinez Headshot](https://nyp.widen.net/content/siohomhakq/jpeg/Heart-Failure-Research-Team-Madeline-Checo-Martinez.jpeg)
Madeline Checo-Martinez
Program Coordinator, Heart Failure Research Institute
NewYork-Presbyterian