Jane A Leopold, MD

Dr. Jane A. Leopold is the director of the Women's Interventional Cardiology Health Initiative at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). An interventional cardiovascular medicine specialist, she is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

She received her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and two fellowships at Boston Medical Center—cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. Dr. Leopold is board certified in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology.

Dr. Leopold developed the Women’s Interventional Cardiology Health Initiative at BWH, which uses advanced invasive diagnostic imaging and functional assessment devices to diagnose chest pain syndromes in women. The author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Leopold’s research interests include preclinical and clinical studies in pulmonary arterial hypertension and she is the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health funded center at BWH to perform deep phenotyping in patients with Groups 1-5 pulmonary hypertension. She also studies mechanisms by which aldosterone influences vascular structure and function and cardiovascular disease in women. Her research has received support from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.

Education & Training

• Fellowship: Boston Medical Center (BMC), Interventional Cardiology, 1998
• Fellowship: Boston Medical Center (BMC), Cardiovascular Disease, 1997
• Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1994
• Medical Education: Boston University, 1991

Board Certifications

• Interventional Cardiology, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

Languages Spoken

• English

Age Group Treated

• Adults