Marie Galvao currently directs out-patient heart failure services at the Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapy at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. In this position she is entirely dedicated to the management of patients with heart failure. This includes clinical management, education, and research, in addition to overseeing the full out- patient practice (cardiopulmonary testing, education, preceptorships, quality management and program development).

After spending a number of years as a critical care nurse and clinical manager of the Coronary Care Unit at the Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y., Marie started her career in heart failure as a clinical nurse specialist. Initially, she coordinated an NIH sponsored trial, The Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction, as well as countless other research trials and projects. Her role, however, quickly expanded and she soon developed an expertise in the management of acute and chronic heart failure. In 1990 she was appointed to the faculty at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and concurrently completed her post-graduate work and certification as an adult nurse practitioner. Marie played an integral role in later expanding the heart failure program to what is now the Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapy at Montefiore Medical Center. Through administrative, scientific and clinical efforts, she has truly made it a priority to raise and optimize the standard of heart failure care.

Over the past 20 years, alone and with her colleagues, Marie has published numerous abstracts and articles on various heart failure topics. She continues to share her expertise through committee work, preceptorships, lectures and publications. Marie has served on advisory and editorial boards, on committees of the AAHFN, HFSA and the New York Heart Failure Consortium. She remains dedicated to the management of her patients and to the advancement of our knowledge and understanding of the syndrome of heart failure.