Heart Failure Research Institute Symposium

September 12, 2025 · Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center

Program Overview

We are pleased to announce the second annual Heart Failure Research Institute Symposium. The Symposium will feature presentations from our esteemed faculty and fellows, who will share their cutting edge research and innovations.

This event is recommended for residents, fellows, medical students, junior researchers and all other providers. This promises to be an inspiring and informative day, fostering collaboration and knowledge among those committed to improving the outcomes of the patients we care for.

To learn more about the Heart Failure Research Institute, please click here.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Columbia University Surgery. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA Category 1 Credits for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extend of their participation in the activity.

Registration

Registration Options

FREE - All Registrants

Agenda

Friday, September 12

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

Registration & Vendor Exhibits

1:00 PM

Event Start

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Opening Remarks

Deepa Kumaraiah, MD, MBA Group Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer & Chief Operating Officer

1:10 PM

Session 1: The Power of Research To Transform Clinical Care

Moderator: Nir Uriel, MD, MSc

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

Living Proof: A Patient’s Perspective on the Power of Research

Roger Altman

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Transforming Patient Lives: The Impact of Medical Device Research

Martin Leon, MD

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

Panel Discussion: To Lead Clinically, Centers Should Invest in the Research

Moderator: Nir Uriel, MD, MSc Panel: Martin Leon, MD, Deborah Estrin, PhD, Katharine Spayde, VP-Abbott

2:10 PM

Session 2: Advancing Science: The NYP Heart Failure Team’s Contributions Over the Past Year

Moderator: Evelyn Horn, MD

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM

Heart Failure

Parag Goyal, MD

2:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Amyloid

Mathew Maurer, MD

2:25 PM - 3:10 PM

Transplant

Gabriel Sayer, MD

2:40 PM - 2:55 PM

LVAD

Melana Yuzefpolskaya, MD

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

Break & Vendor Exhibits

3:30 PM

Session 3: HFRI: A Review of Ongoing Research & Innovation

Moderator: Gabriel Sayer, MD

3:30 PM - 3:40 PM

Pushing the Frontier of Heart Recovery

Adil Yunis, MD

3:40 PM - 3:50 PM

Center for Microcirculation

Julia Baranowska, MD

3:50 PM - 4:00 PM

Artificial Intelligence in Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation: The Present and the Future

Ilan Richter, MD

4:00 PM - 4:10 PM

The Cardioclip Randomized Controlled Trial

Michael Brener, MD

4:10 PM - 4:20 PM

Moderator Discussion

Gabriel Sayer, MD

4:30 PM

Session 4: Abstract Winner Presentations

4:30 PM - 4:40 PM

Hepatic Extracellular Volume Fraction by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: A Novel Prognostic Marker in Tricuspid Regurgitation

Pablo Villar Calle, MD

4:40 PM - 4:50 PM

The Rejection You Can’t See

Andrea Valledor-Fernandez, MD

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

Rise in Prealbumin after Treatment with Tafamidis in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Predicts Improved Survival

Bilal Ansari, MD

5:00 PM

Event End

5:00 PM - 5:05 PM

Research Highlight & Closing

Five-Minute Feature: Highlights from a Published Study: Bidirectional Risk Modulator and Modifier Variant of Dilated and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in BAG3” Joseph Park, MD

5:05 PM - 5:20 PM

HFRI Vision for the Future

Nir Uriel, MD, MSc

5:20 PM - 6:20 PM

Closing Remarks

5:30 PM

Cocktail Reception & Moderated Poster Presentation

Moderator: Nir Uriel, MD, MSc

5:30 PM - 5:35 PM

Biological Age by Epigenetic Clock is Associated With Functional Capacity in Patients with Recently Decompensated Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Azita Talasaz, PharmD, PhD

5:35 PM - 5:40 PM

Cardiogenetics and Reverse Remodeling in LVAD

Sophie Melly, MS

5:40 PM - 5:45 PM

Remote Management of Patients Living with Heart Failure Using Community Tele-Paramedicine- A Comprehensive Program Review

Brock Daniels, MD

Course Directors