The HCM Team
Our multidisciplinary HCM team works together to provide our patients with the highest standard of integrated care. Our collaboration brings together the following experts:
Cardiology/Medical Management
Mathew Maurer, MD, a researcher and cardiologist who provides medical management, and comprehensive treatment plans for adults with HCM.
Farhana Latif, MD, a heart failure/transplant cardiologist at The HCM Center.
Donna Mancini, MD, an internationally recognized expert in heart failure, exercise physiology and cardiac transplantation.
Melana Yuzefpolskaya, MD is a cardiologist specializing in medical management of adults with HCM at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Electrophysiology
Frederick Ehlert, MD, Director of the Electrophysiology Fellowship at Columbia, and an expert in managing arrhythmia and device therapy in patients with HC.
Kathleen Hickey, RN, EdD, a specialist in electrophysiology, cardiogenetics and the prevention of sudden death.
Jonathan Lu, MD, PhD, an electrophysiologist who implants pacemakers and defibrillators both to prevent, and to treat, arrhythmias caused by HCM.
Cardiac Surgery
A group of renowned cardiac surgeons and transplant cardiologists at NewYork-Presbyterian who run the premier heart transplantation program in the world and are able to treat end stage HCM patients.
Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD, a cardiac surgeon who performs a complex procedure called a myectomy, removing the overgrown heart muscle to restore blood flow.
Pediatrics
Linda J. Addonizio, MD, Director of the Program for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure and Transplantation at NYP/Columbia
Marc Richmond, MD, an attending physician in the Program for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure and Transplantation.
Rakesh Singh, MD, MS, a pediatric cardiologist who assesses, monitors and provides medical management for the very youngest patients with HCM, from pre-natal diagnosis through adolescence.
Warren A. Zuckerman, MD, a specialist in the clinical treatment of pediatric cardiomyopathies, heart transplantation, pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure.
Genetics
Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, a geneticist who tests and counsels patients and their families for genes related to HCM.
Interventional Procedures
Susheel Kodali, MD, an interventional cardiologist who performs septal ablation. to destroy overgrown heart tissue and improve blood flow.
Imaging
Advanced imaging specialists who use Echocardiography, CT scans and MRIs to refine the diagnosis
Sofia Shames, MD - an echocardiographer who utilizes the latest ultrasound techniques to evaluate cardiac structure and function.
Andrew Einstein, MD - a researcher with advanced training and expertise in CT and MRI imaging of the heart.
Our team also includes specially trained nurses, patient educators, physical therapists, and nutritionists who will help HCM patients maintain an optimal lifestyle.
