Ersilia M. DeFilippis, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Specialties
Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, more

Locations and Appointments


CUIMC/Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center

173 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Student Health
    NY Signature
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NYP Employee Plan
    Special Needs
    Great West (National)
    EPO
    ConnectiCare
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Vytra
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Quality Health Management
    Oxford Liberty
    POS
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Empire Plan
    Compass (Exchange)
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    HMO
    SelectHealth
    Medicaid Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Student Health
    NY Signature
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NYP Employee Plan
    Special Needs
    Great West (National)
    EPO
    ConnectiCare
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Vytra
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Quality Health Management
    Oxford Liberty
    POS
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Empire Plan
    Compass (Exchange)
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    HMO
    SelectHealth
    Medicaid Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Ersilia M. DeFilippis, MD


Dr. Ersilia M. DeFilippis, FACC is 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. After graduating from Weill Cornell Medical College with an MD with Honors in Research, she 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 170 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 was a Co-Chair of the ISHLT Consensus Statement on Reproductive Health after Thoracic 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 on the Founding Board of Directors for the Equity in Heart Transplant Project.


Specialties & Expertise

  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Pulmonary Hypertension

Education

  • Medical School: Cornell University Medical College
  • Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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