Dr. Ashley Beecy is the Medical Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Operations at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP).  She is a core member of NYP’s AI leadership team partnering with clinical, administrative and research leaders across the enterprise to drive digital transformation and deliver on NYP’s data and AI strategy. Dr. Beecy provides leadership in key areas including the governance, processes, and infrastructure to ensure the responsible and agile deployment of AI. She is responsible for NYP’s largest enterprise-wide AI initiative in collaboration with Cornell Tech and Cornell University. She is a thought leader and serves as a subject matter expert on multiple national AI collaboratives.

Dr. Beecy is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she serves as an attending physician on the consultative cardiology service, inpatient telemetry unit, and cardiac intensive care unit. She leads the informatics work within the Division of Cardiology and has a passion for the use of data science to realize the value of data in support of a learning health system. Her research focus is on digital health and informatics, including the use of AI models for the detection and management of cardiovascular disease and the safe and effective deployment of AI in healthcare. This work has led to numerous peer-reviewed publications and invited presentations. 

Dr. Beecy completed her undergraduate work in computer engineering. She holds a medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed an Internal Medicine residency at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine. Prior to specializing in cardiovascular medicine, she pursued a clinical research fellowship in AI at the Dalio Institute for Cardiovascular Imaging. She completed her fellowship training in cardiovascular diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, where she served as Chief Cardiology Fellow.    

Prior to a career in healthcare, Dr. Beecy spent a decade working in industry. As an electrical engineer at IBM, she was part of the team completing the custom circuit design of a leading mainframe processor. As a Vice President at Citi, she led the planning, incubation, and development of several company-wide digital initiatives within operational risk management. She has consulted for a range of healthcare companies and participated as a board member to advise on strategy and operations. 

Dr. Beecy is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiography and is a Registered Physician in Vascular Imaging (RPVI). She is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology.