Pierre Elias is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology and the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he practices as a general cardiologist. He is also the Medical Director for Artificial Intelligence at NewYork-Presbyterian. He runs CRADLE, the Center for Cardiovascular and Radiologic Deep Learning, which develops AI technologies for medical imaging to improve the detection and management of cardiovascular disease. CRADLE has screened over 1 million patients for cardiovascular disease using AI in nearly a dozen clinical trials and programs. Dr. Elias received his medical degree at Duke University School of Medicine in North Carolina. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center through the Clinician-Scientist Pathway. He was previously a data scientist at Lumiata, helping develop Google's Knowledge Graph for Health. He has been named a STAT News Wunderkind, received the Emerging Generation Award from the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and the Katz Prize for cardiovascular research. In 2026, Dr. Elias was named one of the 25 most influential people in AI by Business Insider.