Heart Failure

BIOGRAPHY

Marrick Kukin is the Director of the Heart Failure Program at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City and is Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York.

His areas of research have included beta blockade and other neurohormonal antagonists in congestive heart failure, and the use of inotropic agents in heart failure.

Professor Kukin is Associate Editor of Congestive Heart Failure. His professional memberships include the American Heart Association, and the American Medical Association, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He is Co-Founder of the New York Heart Failure Club, where he continues to serve as Co-Chairman of the Program Committee. He served a two-year term on the Program Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America, and now serves on the Corporate Affairs Committee. He serves or has served on several Steering Committees and End-Point Adjudication Committees for national and international heart failure trials. Among other honors, he received the Denber Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Research from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.