Boris Fishman, MD

Dr. Fishman is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He graduated summa cum laude from medical school at Ben-Gurion University, where he also completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) summa cum laude, specializing in public health research and pharmacoepidemiology. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at Sheba Medical Center. He also completed a Geriatric Medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, focusing on geriatric cardiology. He subsequently moved to Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he completed his fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, and now serves as a faculty member. His clinical interests include heart failure, cardiac amyloidosis, cardiovascular disease in older adults, valvular heart disease, hypertension, heart transplantation, and left ventricular assist devices.
Dr. …Fishman is an active researcher. His works have been published in leading journals in medicine and cardiology, including NEJM Evidence, JAMA Internal Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Heart Failure, Hypertension, Diabetes Care, and others. His research interests include heart failure, hypertension, geriatric cardiology, biological aging and longevity, frailty, and the pharmacoepidemiology of cardiovascular medications in older adults.