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), which offers a customizable invasive test to diagnose unexplained dyspnea, enabling early diagnosis of Exercise-induced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension. Dr. Ayalon is the Director of the Heart Failure Remote Monitoring program, which utilizes pulmonary pressure sensors to prevent Heart Failure hospitalizations. Dr. Ayalon completed medical school in Israel and 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, as well as in the IPH-Lab, at Boston University and Boston Medical Center.

Publications

  • Published 8/31/2026

    Amir Y, Shaul A, Koren O, Merav L, Ben Avraham B, Ben Gal T, Meerkin D, Laconelli A, Del Trigo M, Amat-Santos IJ, Altisent OA, Metreveli M, Ayalon N, Emani S, Zalawadiya S, Lindenfeld J, Anker SD, Kornowski R, Abraham WT, Perl L. Diurnal variation in left atrial pressure in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2026 Aug 31. PMID: 42670644.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 8/18/2026

    Yoo TK, Kaufman C, Pimentel DR, Hu TY, Rodriguez S, Franco P, Awtry EH, Pande AN, Gopal DM, Ayalon N. Direct Visualization of Acute Left Atrial Pressure Elevation During Atrioventricular Nodal Re-Entrant Tachycardia. JACC Case Rep. 2026 Oct 14; 31(41):109879. PMID: 42606396.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/1/2026

    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. 2026 Feb 01; 23(2):252-260. 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

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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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