Ersilia DeFilippis

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Ersilia DeFilippis
CUIMC/Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center Office

(212) 305-4600

173 Fort Washington Avenue New York, NY 10032
About

Ersilia DeFilippis

Dr. Ersilia M. DeFilippis, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA is a highly accomplished physician and 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. Dr. DeFilippis received her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor Society and graduated with an MD with Honors in Research. She was also granted the Janet M. Glasgow-Rubin Memorial Achievement Award for graduating first in her medical school class. She then 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 230 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 received the 2024 American Society of Transplantation Clinical Career Development Achievement Award for her research endeavors and was named a 2025 Lewis Katz Scholar by the Division of Cardiology.
She was a Co-Chair of the ISHLT Consensus Statement on Reproductive Health after Thoracic Transplantation and has served as a member of various committees for the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, American Heart Association, and American Society of 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 a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, and American Heart Association.
Primary Specialty

Internist

Practice CUIMC/Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center
Gender Female
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted Emblem/Hip, Local 1199, UnitedHealthcare, World Trade Center Health Plan, Medicare, Multiplan, CIGNA, WellCare, Fidelis Care, RiverSpring, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, Healthfirst, Emblem/GHI, AETNA, Affinity Health Plan, Amida Care, MVP Health Care, VNSNY CHOICE, Magnacare (National)
Degrees Medical Doctor
Office Name CUIMC/Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center
Services Ersilia DeFilippis provides internal medicine in New York, NY. Ersilia DeFilippis is listed as an internist, which is a physician who studies Internal Medicine for adults.

To learn more, or to make an appointment with CUIMC/Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center in New York, NY, please call (212) 305-4600.
Additional Services Surgeon, Cardiologist, Doctor
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