James M. Tauras, MD

Jim Tauras, MD, FACC, is a cardiologist, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Course Director,Cardiovascular Diseases Physiology and Pathophysiology at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Tauras’ major clinical interests include critical care cardiology, congestive heart failure and cardiac amyloidosis.

After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in biological engineering from Cornell University in 1995, Dr. Tauras earned his Doctor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in 2003. He then came to Montefiore Einstein to complete an internal medicine internship in 2004, an internal medicine residency in 2006 and a cardiology fellowship in 2009.

Dr. Tauras has been site principal investigator for multiple national and international clinical trials regarding novel therapeutics for acute heart failure and cardiac amyloidosis. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters, review articles and abstracts, and he has given several invited presentations.

Dr. Tauras is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.