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

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

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

Director, HFpEF and Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Director, Perkin Heart Failure Center
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

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

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

Medical Director, Artificial Intelligence Operations
NewYork-Presbyterian
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Brian LaBarre, MS
Biostatistician, Heart Failure Research Institute
NewYork-Presbyterian

Madeline Checo-Martinez
Program Coordinator, Heart Failure Research Institute
NewYork-Presbyterian