Alex Reyentovich, M.D

Dr. Reyentovich’s medical expertise encompass all aspects of management of patients with heart failure including the selection and care of patients with mechanical assist devices and heart transplantation, pulmonary hypertension, valvular heart disease as well as the perioperative management of high risk cardiac surgical cases.

Dr. Reyentovich graduated from SUNY Albany Summa Cum Laude and Dartmouth Medical School where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated with honors. He trained in Internal Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center. After residency, he was asked to stay on an additional year as a Chief Medical Resident.

He continued on at the Columbia University Medical Center where he completed his Cardiology training and additional training in advanced heart failure and heart transplantation. He also served as Chief Postdoctoral Fellow in his final year of Cardiology fellowship. During his time at Columbia he was a recipient of several prestigious teaching awards.

Upon completing his training, Dr. Reyentovich joined the Heart Failure Program at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine. He currently serves as the Director of Heart Failure at the Bellevue Hospital Center and is charged with helping develop the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) program at the NYU Langone Medical Center. He also sees cardiomyopathy patients at the Cardiovascular Genetics Center with Dr. Sylvia Priori.

Dr. Reyentovich is involved in several clinical trials in heart failure and is in the process of a completing a Master's degree is patient oriented research at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.