The 20 Best Cardiogenic Shock Doctors near Bronx, NY

Nir Uriel is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in New York, New York. Dr. Uriel is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Dr. Justin Fried is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiologist, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with advanced heart failure. He is the Associate Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Units and Medical Director of the Cardiogenic Shock Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Fried received his medical degree from Texas A&M Health Science Center where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He completed additional training in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Fried’s has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts, reviews, abstracts, and book chapters. His work has been published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals including Circulation, Journal of American College of Cardiology Heart Failure, Circulation - Heart Failure, and The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Fried is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Dr. Gabriel Sayer is the Associate Director of Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory support at NewYork-Presbyterian. In this role, Dr. Sayer provides leadership and oversight for the comprehensive heart failure services provided across NewYork-Presbyterian, including the campuses in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Westchester.  Dr. Sayer attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by Internal Medicine residency at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He completed Cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center and his Advanced Heart Failure fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to joining NewYork-Presbyterian in 2019, Dr. Sayer worked at the University of Chicago for six years, where he was the Associate Director of the Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation programs.  In addition to his extensive clinical experience in all aspects of heart failure, Dr. Sayer has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles in the field of advanced heart failure. His research interests include the impact of of heart failure treatments on cardiac physiology, with a particular interest in the interaction between patients and mechanical circulatory support devices. https://youtu.be/vT5s8orP6V8. Dr. Sayer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Heart Valve Repair.

Dr. Hiroo Takayama is Vice Chair of Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He has more than 20 years of experience in treating patients with heart and vascular problems. As the co-Director of the Aortic Center at NYP/Columbia, Dr. Takayama has contributed to the care of over 4,000 patients by performing a variety of aortic and cardiac surgical procedures, approximately 300-350 operations every year.Dr. Takayama is internationally recognized for his work on complex aortic surgery (minimally invasive aortic surgery, valve-sparing aortic root replacement, aortic valve repair, aortic arch and thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair), hybrid aortic surgery (thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair), myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and heart failure surgery.He is a leader in outcome research in aortic diseases and heart failure. He has published more than 300-350 manuscripts in prestigious, peer-reviewed journals and has authored numerous book chapters about heart disease.Dr. Takayama attended University of Tokyo for Medical School, did his internship at University of Tokyo, general surgery residency in University of Washington Medical Center, and cardio-thoracic surgery fellowship in New-York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Takayama is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Heart Transplant, and Lung Transplant.

Koji Takeda, MD, PhD is a cardiac surgeon and Surgical Director for Adult Heart Transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.Dr. Takeda has a focus on heart failure, heart transplant surgery and mechanical circulatory support through ventricular assist devices (VADs). In addition to his clinical work, he is an active researcher in all of these areas, as well as in cardiac regeneration therapy.Dr. Takeda completed his medical training, post-graduate training, residency and fellowship in Osaka, Japan, after which he completed an advanced cardiovascular surgery fellowship at Northwestern University, Chicago. He is the recipient of multiple honors and awards including the American College of Chest Physicians Award, Japan Branch, 2009; and chief resident award and best resident award, 2005, at the National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. Dr. Takeda is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Heart Valve Repair.

Melana Yuzefpolskaya, MD is a cardiologist, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with advanced heart failure, with a special interest in mechanical circulatory support (MCS) with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and heart transplantation.  She is board certified in General Cardiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation.Dr. Yuzefpolskaya is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. She received her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at NYU, Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at St. Luke's Roosevelt Medical Center and advanced training in advanced heart failure, cardiac assist devices and transplantation at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.Dr. Yuzefpolskaya has co-authored more than 145 peer-reviewed manuscripts in prestigious journals, including Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Circulation: Heart Failure, European Journal of Heart Failure, Journal of Cardiac Failure and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Her work has been presented at multiple national and international meetings including American Heart Association, Heart Failure Society of America, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and European Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit. She serves as an ad hoc reviewer on multiple journals and has contributed to guidelines on treatment and management of patients with cardiac assist devices.Dr. Yuzefpolskaya joined the Faculty at the Center for Advanced Cardiac Care in 2011, and was named the Associate Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support/LVAD Program at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in 2014. She sees patients in Washington Heights in New York City. Dr. Yuzefpolskaya is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Heart Valve Repair.

Paul Kurlansky is a Thoracic Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Kurlansky is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Aortic Regurgitation, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Transplant.

Dr. Ulrich Jorde’s laboratory is focused on translational research in advanced heart failure including heart replacement therapy; i.e. durable mechanical circulatory support (left ventricular assist devices/ “artificial hearts”) or cardiac transplantation. Dr. Jorde is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.

Daniel Sims, MD, serves as the Program Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Training Program and is the Medical Director of the Moses Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). Dr. Sims is an Associate Professor of Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA), and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Originally from Bellmore, NY, Dr. Sims graduated from Yale University with a BA in history in 1999. He attended medical school at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, graduating in 2003. He stayed at Emory for his 3-year internal medicine internship and residency training, finishing in 2006. He was selected to stay an additional one year to serve as the chief resident at the Emory University Hospital. Dr. Sims did his 3-year cardiology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center and served as chief cardiology fellow during his final year, finishing in 2010. He completed an additional one-year advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology fellowship at Columbia in 2011. Dr. Sims returned to Emory to serve on the cardiology faculty and as a member of the Center for Heart Failure Therapy and Transplantation. Dr. Sims is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.

Shun Kohsaka is a Cardiologist in New York, New York. Dr. Kohsaka is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Attack, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Yoshifumi Naka is a Thoracic Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Naka is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Hemolysis, Heart Transplant, and Heart Valve Repair.

Matthew Pierce is a Cardiologist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Pierce is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Cardiac Arrest, Arterial Embolism, and Gastrostomy.

Sandhya Murthy is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Murthy is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. Her top areas of expertise are Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Transplant, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Jooyoung Julia Shin, MD, is Fellowship Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program and Associate Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Shin’s clinical focus centers on heart failure, cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Shin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.

Paul Schulze is a Cardiologist in New York, New York. Dr. Schulze is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Paolo C. Colombo is a cardiologist who specialized in treating patients with heart failure, cardiac assist device and heart transplant. Dr. Colombo is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.Dr. Colombo received his medical degree, magna cum laude from the University of Milan in Italy. He completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He then specialized in heart failure and transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in New York.Dr. Colombo has been on ColumbiaDoctors faculty since 2002. He is the Sudhir Choudhrie Professor of Cardiology and serves as the Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support program.An internationally renowned investigator, Dr. Colombo has been awarded research grants from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association as well as other research foundations. Dr. Colombo has published more than 260 manuscripts and presented his research all over the world.Dr. Colombo sees patients at Columbia University Medical Center in Washington Heights. Dr. Colombo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Aortic Regurgitation, Heart Transplant, and Thrombectomy.

Dr. Kevin Clerkin is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and cardiologist, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with advanced heart failure. His practice includes those requiring left ventricular assist device or heart transplantation. He also attends as a cardiac intensivist. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, and Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Clerkin received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He completed additional training in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He also received a Master of Science degree in Patient Oriented Research/Biostatistics from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.Dr. Clerkin is an NIH funded clinical investigator and his research focuses on improving the quality of life and survival in heart transplant recipients. He has published more than 100 peer reviewed manuscripts, reviews, abstracts, and book chapters. His work has been published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals including Circulation, Journal of American College of Cardiology, Journal of American College of Cardiology Heart Failure, Circulation - Heart Failure, JAMA Cardiology, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Clerkin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, COVID-19, Cardiac Amyloidosis, and Heart Transplant.

Gregg Stone is a Cardiologist in New York,, New York. Dr. Stone is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Coronary Heart Disease, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM, is the Director of Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care and Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is an internationally-renowned leader in the field of Interventional Cardiology, with a particular focus on providing exceptional and evidence-based care to patients with complex coronary and peripheral vascular disease. In addition to his clinical commitments, Dr. Kirtane has a strong interest in clinical education and research, serving as Chief Academic Officer of the Division of Cardiology, and as director of several international, national, and regional educational conferences in Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Kirtane’s research interests are in clinical trials and outcomes of device-based and pharmacologic interventions to help patients with cardiovascular disease. He is/has been Principal Investigator and serves on the steering committees of numerous clinical trials in interventional cardiovascular medicine and has authored over 700 peer-reviewed publications.Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Bergen County, New Jersey, Dr. Kirtane is a graduate of Ridgewood High School, Princeton University, and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and completed his residency/chief residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California – San Francisco. He then completed fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Intervention at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School and additionally obtained a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health prior to moving back to Columbia. In his free time, Dr. Kirtane has avid interests in music and sports, and lives in New Jersey with his family. Dr. Kirtane is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Atherectomy.

Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD,MS is Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center and Attending Physician at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. She trained as a non-invasive cardiologist, pharmaco-electrophysiologist and clinical pharmacologist all at Columbia University and recieved a Master's degree in metabolism from the Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians & Surgeons. Her current research and educational focus is on cardiovascular risk and the impact of nutrition and obesity on intergenerational cardiovascular health and disease among women and their families.Dr. Giardina is recognized nationally as an expert on cardio-active drugs and has been a member of the Cardio-Renal Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Pharmacology study section of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Her many honors include the Jane V. Myers Memorial Medical Scholarship from Bryn Mawr College, the PMA Faculty Development Award in Clinical Pharmacology, the American Heart Association Appreciation Award for community service, the American Medical Women’s Association Gender Equity Award and she is a Trustee of the New York Academy of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC), the American College of Physicians (FACP), and the American Heart Association (FAHA).She was awarded the “Award of Excellence” by Governor George Pataki of New York State for research advancements on cardiac disease in women and for developing the Center for Women’s Health at the Columbia University Medical Center. She received the Medal of Honor from New York Medical College for outstanding achievements and was named a Fellow of the Virginia Apgar Society, an honor bestowed on Columbia University faculty that recognizes individual achievement and commitment to education excellence. Dr. Giardina is a member of the Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE) and she has mentored more than 40 students, residents, fellows and young attendings in the specialty of cardiovascular disease, women's health and nutrition. Dr. Giardina is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiogenic Shock. Her top areas of expertise are Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST), Familial Ventricular Tachycardia, Hypertension, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.