25 of the Best Heart Failure Specialists Near Me in Hackensack, NJ

Omar Saeed, MD, is an Attending Cardiologist at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is on heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Saeed is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Hemolysis, Arteriovenous Malformation, Heart Transplant, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

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 clinical expertise encompasses Cardiac Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Maurer is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Maurer is currently accepting new patients.

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 highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.

Evelyn Horn is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Horn is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Transplant, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

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 highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Colombo is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Colombo is currently accepting new patients.

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 highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Yuzefpolskaya is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Yuzefpolskaya is currently accepting new patients.

Farhana Latif is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Latif is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), and Heart Transplant. Dr. Latif is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Latif is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Ersilia M. DeFilippis, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA is a highly accomplished physician and an Assistant Professor of Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She graduated from Yale University summa cum laude with a Bachelors of Arts in Women’s Studies and a concentration in Women’s Health. Dr. DeFilippis received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor Society and graduated with an MD with Honors in Research. She was also granted the Janet M. Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Award for graduating first in her medical school class. She then completed her Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Subsequently, she finished her fellowships in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. Her clinical interests include peripartum cardiomyopathy, pregnancy and cardiovascular disease, heart failure, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. Her research interests include sex-specific outcomes and disparities in advanced heart failure and transplantation as well as the intersection of heart failure and cardio-obstetrics. She is also interested in health disparities and health equity more broadly.She has over 230 peer-reviewed publications and has published in leading journals including JAMA Cardiology, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Circulation: Heart Failure; JACC and JACC: Heart Failure. She has also given invited talks at multiple national and international conferences. She received the 2024 American Society of Transplantation Clinical Career Development Achievement Award for her research endeavors and was named a 2025 Lewis Katz Scholar by the Division of Cardiology. She was a Co-Chair of the ISHLT Consensus Statement on Reproductive Health after Thoracic Transplantation and has served as a member of various committees for the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, American Heart Association, and American Society of Transplantation. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Women’s Health Community of Practice of the American Society of Transplantation and the Diverse Populations Editor for the Journal of Cardiac Failure. She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, and American Heart Association. Dr. Defilippis is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, SVC Obstruction, Heart Transplant, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Defilippis is currently accepting new patients.

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 highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Sayer is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Sayer is currently accepting new patients.

Donna Mancini is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Mancini is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Transplant, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Sean Pinney is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Pinney is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Pinney is currently accepting new patients.

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 highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.

Jayant Raikhelkar is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Raikhelkar is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Transplant, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

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 highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, COVID-19, Cardiac Amyloidosis, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Clerkin is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Clerkin is currently accepting new patients.

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 highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Fried is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Fried is currently accepting new patients.

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 highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Shin is board certified in American Board Of IM/Cardiovascular Disease.

Gerin Stevens is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Stevens is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Stevens is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, American Board Of Internal Medicine/Cardiovascular Disease, and American Board Of Internal Medicine/Advanced Heart Failure-Transplant Cardio.

Yevgeniy Brailovsky is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Brailovsky is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Embolism, Giant Cell Myocarditis, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Transplant, and Thrombectomy.

Nir Uriel is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Uriel is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Thrombectomy.

Johanna Contreras is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Contreras is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Transplant.

Parag Goyal is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Goyal is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, COVID-19, Cardiac Ablation, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Robert Berkowitz is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Hackensack, New Jersey. Dr. Berkowitz is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiomyopathy, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Berkowitz is currently accepting new patients.

Dor Lotan is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Lotan is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pericarditis, Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Danon Disease, and Heart Transplant.

Jim Tauras, MD, FACC, is a cardiologist, Assistant Professor, Medicine and. Dr. Tauras is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiac Amyloidosis, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Maria Karas is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Karas is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiac Ablation, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).