Zain Khalpey

Zain Khalpey, MD, PhD, FACS, currently serves as the Director of Artificial Heart, MCS & ECMO and Chief Medical AI Officer at HonorHealth since February 2022. Zain also holds positions as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Assistant Attending Surgeon at NY Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia Campus. Previous roles include Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Northwest Medical Center and Assistant Attending in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center, with a focus on advanced therapies such as LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD). Zain's academic background includes a PhD in Cardiothoracic Surgery from Imperial College London and extensive training at renowned institutions such as Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The expertise encompasses areas like heart failure outcomes research, clinical and translational research in tissue regeneration, and medical device innovation.