Dr. James Smit

Mathew S. Maurer, MD - Dr. Maurer is a general internist and geriatric cardiologist with advanced training in heart failure and cardiac transplantation.  He is the Arnold and Arlene Goldstein Professor of Cardiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, where directs the Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly (CCRLE). Dr. Maurer is a member of the Advanced Cardiac Care Center at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia Campus.  He is the Director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program. He has published over 300 articles including peer reviewed manuscripts, reviews and book chapters. He was Chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Geriatric Cardiology Member Section, which is the largest organization dedicated to advancing the care of older adults with cardiovascular disease. He was co-chair of the Steering Committee of the ATTR-ACT trial showing tafamidis was a safe and effective therapy for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.   Throughout his career, he has promulgated an approach to older adults with cardiovascular disease that offers the best of both geriatric and cardiovascular medicine in which a comprehensive holistic approach to enhance functional capacity and quality of life is at the forefront of emerging techniques to address cardiovascular physiologic derangement that disproportionately afflict older adults. Dr. Maurer is highly rated in 21 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cardiac Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Kavita Aggarwal is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Poughkeepsie, New York. Dr. Aggarwal is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Thrombocytopenia, Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia, Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), and Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia.

Wilbert Aronow is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Hawthorne, New York. Dr. Aronow is highly rated in 53 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Hypertension, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Aortic Valve Replacement.