Nir Ayalon, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Nir Ayalon is an Interventional Cardiologist with special interests in Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Invasive Hemodynamics, as well as in new medical technologies and healthcare innovation. Dr. Ayalon is the Co-Director of the Invasive Physiology and Hemodynamics Lab (IPH-Lab), offering a customizable invasive test to diagnose unexplained dyspnea, allowing an early diagnosis of Exercise-induced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension. Dr. Ayalon is the Director of the Heart Failure Remote Monitoring program, utilizing Pulmonary pressure sensors (Abbott's CardioMEMS) to prevent Heart Failure hospitalizations. Dr. Ayalon had completed his medical school in Israel, had served as a physician in unique and classified units in the Israeli Defense Forces, and had completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Tel-Aviv Medical Center. Dr. Ayalon was trained at Boston University/Boston Medical Center and completed a general cardiology fellowship, a heart failure and cardiomyopathy clinical and research fellowship and an Interventional cardiology fellowship. Dr. Ayalon is now a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and practices as an attending physician in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Intensive Care, and Heart Failure services and the IPH-Lab at Boston University and Boston Medical Center.

Publications

  • Published 9/17/2025

    Li B, Gershengorn HB, Vail EA, Wunsch H, Walkey AJ, Law AC, Ko D, Ayalon N, Kearney CM, Bosch NA. Inotrope Selection in Mixed Cardiogenic Shock with Sepsis: A Comparative Analysis between Milrinone and Dobutamine. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Sep 17. PMID: 40960311.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 7/6/2024

    Paul LD, Moinul S, Urina-Jassir M, Gopal DM, Ayalon N. Expanding pulmonary artery pressure monitoring to racially and socially diverse populations: A pilot CardioMEMS program. Am J Med Sci. 2024 Oct; 368(4):408-410. PMID: 38972379.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/15/2024

    Chugh PV, Danford J, Farber A, Ayalon N, Verma A, Helm RH, Monahan KM, Kalish JA. Retrieval of Embolized WATCHMAN® Flex Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2024 Oct; 58(7):752-756. PMID: 38747057.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/20/2023

    Ayalon N, Jacobs AK. Enhancing Regional ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Care: A Shock to the System. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Jun; 16(6):e013177. PMID: 37339238.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/10/2023

    Li Y, Gray A, Xue L, Farb MG, Ayalon N, Andersson C, Ko D, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Rong J, Xanthakis V, Liu C, Fetterman JL, Gopal DM. Metabolomic Profiles, Ideal Cardiovascular Health, and Risk of Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Jun 20; 12(12):e028022. PMID: 37301766.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

  • Attending Physician, Medicine
    Boston Medical Center
  • Director, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Co-Director, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, MD
  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, BMedSc

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