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  • Cardiovascular Disease, Transplant Surgery
  • Accepting new patients
  • 33 years of experience
  • CUIMC/Vivian & Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center 173 Fort Washington Ave Fl 4, New York, NY 10032
  • (800) 441-1682

Brief Intro

Paolo C. Colombo is a cardiologist who specialized in treating patients with heart failure, cardiac assist device and heart transplant. Dr. Colombo is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Colombo received his medical degree, magna cum laude from the University of Milan in Italy. He completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He then specialized in heart failure and transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Colombo has been on ColumbiaDoctors faculty since 2002. He is the Sudhir Choudhrie Professor of Cardiology and serves as the Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support program. An internationally renowned investigator, Dr. Colombo has been awarded research grants from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association as well as other research foundations. Dr. Colombo has published more than 260 manuscripts and presented his research all over the world. Dr. Colombo sees patients at Columbia University Medical Center in Washington Heights.

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Education Background

RESIDENCY

Albert Einstein College Of Medicine

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Universita Degli Studi Di Milano Facolta Di Medicina E Chirurgia - 1992

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish
  • French
  • Italian

Location & Hours

  • 173 Fort Washington Ave Fl 4, New York, NY 10032

Specialties Treated

  • Transplant Surgery
  • Cardiovascular Disease

Conditions Addressed

  • Mitral Valvular Disease
  • Hypertension (HTN)
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Heart Failure
  • Endocarditis
  • Ischemic Heart Disease
  • Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
  • Cardiac Arrhythmia
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Procedures Performed

  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  • Pacemaker and Defibrillator Procedures

Insurance Accepted

* Insurance information may change frequently. Please verify directly with the provider (doctor/clinic).

  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • CDPHP
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Aetna
  • Molina Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthcare Oxford
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • HealthFirst (NY)
  • MetroPlus Health Plan
  • MVP Health Care
  • Montefiore HMO
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  • Cancer 43
  • Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 31
  • Orthopedics 75
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery 60
  • Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 75
  • Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 91
  • Diabetes & Endocrinology 44
  • Children's Hospital 22
  • Urology 87
  • Psychiatry 103
  • Geriatrics 82
  • Rehabilitation 38
  • Obsterics & Gynecology 17
  • Ophthalmology 4
  • Ear, Nose & Throat 11
  • Rheumatology 2
  • Long Term Care 3
  • Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 60