Albany Medical Center Welcomes Advanced Heart Failure Specialist Dr. Mark Tallman

Long-time area cardiologist and Albany Medical College alumnus Mark Tallman, MD, has returned to the Capital Region as director of advanced heart failure at Albany Medical Center and associate professor of medicine at Albany Medical College.

Board certified in general cardiology, advanced heart failure, and transplant cardiology, Dr. Tallman has extensive expertise in treating patients with complex heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and cardiac amyloidosis.

Dr. Tallman spent 18 years with Capital Cardiology Associates in Albany before going on to hold several prominent roles in academic medicine across the northeast. Most recently, he practiced with the advanced heart failure program at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, now Boston Medical Center – Brighton, in Massachusetts. He also served as assistant professor of clinical medicine in the cardiology division at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island.

Dr. Tallman completed a fellowship in cardiology at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He completed his residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. while serving in the United States Army Reserves. He later served as captain at Noble Army Hospital in Fort McClellan in Anniston, Ala. He is a 1990 graduate of Albany Medical College.

Dr. Tallman will see patients at Albany Medical Center Cardiology in the James J. Barba Physicians Pavilion of Albany Medical Center. To schedule an appointment or for more information, please call 518-262-5076.