Leslie T. Cooper, Jr., M.D.

  1. Cardiologist
  2. Chair, Cardiovascular Medicine, Florida

Departamentos

  1. Medicina cardiovascular
  2. Centros vasculares

Grupos especializados

  1. Heart Failure Clinic (Clínica de Insuficiencia Cardíaca)
  2. Cardiovascular Health Clinic (Clínica de Salud Cardiovascular)

Location

  1. Jacksonville, Florida | Rochester, Minnesota

Idiomas

English
  • Leslie T. Cooper, M.D., is a general cardiologist and the chair of the Mayo Clinic Enterprise Department of Cardiovascular Medicine as well as chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida.
  • Dr. Cooper's clinical interests and research focus on clinical and translational studies of rare and undiagnosed cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, and inflammatory cardiac and vascular diseases such as giant cell myocarditis, cardiac sarcoidosis, eosinophilic myocarditis, and Takayasu's arteritis.
  • He has published over 130 original peer-reviewed papers as well as contributing to, and editing books on myocarditis. In addition he has spent years working with clinicians and researchers around the world to further diagnosis, treatment, and care for myocarditis and cardiomyopathies.
  • In addition to his clinical and research work Dr. Cooper is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association, The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology.
  • He is also the founder and former president of the Myocarditis Foundation and continues to serve on their board of directors.
  1. Amyloidosis
  2. Heart failure
  3. Myocarditis
  4. Pericarditis
  5. Sarcoidosis
  6. Vasculitis
  • Myocarditis
  • Heart failure
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Large vessel vasculitis
Jax

Jacksonville, Florida
Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota
  1. 1997
    Fellow - Cardiovascular Division, Mayo Foundation Scholar, Vascular Medicine FellowMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 1996
    Fellow - Division of CardiologyUniversity of California, San Diego
  3. 1993
    InternshipStanford University
  4. 1993
    ResidentStanford University
  5. 1990
    MDUniversity of Pennsylvania
  6. 1985
    BAUniversity of Pennsylvania

Certifications

  1. 2014
    Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 1997
    Cardiovascular DiseasesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. 1993
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2024
    Alumni Lecturer Stanley J. Sarnoff Society for Cardiovascular Science
  2. 2021
    Elizabeth C. Lane, Ph.D., and M. Nadine Zimmerman, Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine Named Professorship Committee - Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Committees
  3. 2020
    2020 Provider Recognition Award: For Achieving top 99th percentile of outpatient patient experience for 2019 calendar year Mayo Clinic in Florida
  4. 2011
    Best Doctors in AmericaBest Doctors in America
  5. 2005
    Outstanding Teacher in Physical DiagnosisDepartment of Internal Medicine
  6. 2003
    Senior Fellows AddressStanley J. Sarnoff Society for Cardiovascular Science
  7. 1996
    Ruth and Victor Schulman Prize for research as a UCSD fellowAwarding Organization
  8. 1995
    Biomedical Research FellowshipGiannini-Bank of American
  9. 1993
    Award for Housestaff ResearchStanford University Hospital, Department of Medicine
  10. 1990
    George W. Householder Prize for Cardiovascular ResearchUniversity of Pennsylvania
  11. 1989
    Medical ScholarUniversity of Pennsylvania
  12. 1988
    Stanley J. Sarnoff Fellowship in Cardiovascular ResearchAwarding Organization

Professional memberships

  1. 2025 - present
    MemberNHLBI, National Institutes of Health
  2. 2025
    Abstract GraderAmerican Heart Association
  3. 2023 - present
    ChairNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
  4. 2023 - present
    Abstract GraderAmerican Heart Association
  5. 2022 - present
    Abstract GraderAmerican Heart Association
  6. 2021 - present
    Co-ChairNHLBI, National Institutes of Health
  7. 2021 - present
    MemberEnterprise Clinical Trial Strategy and Governance Leadership Team
  8. 2021 - present
    Search CommitteeSearch Committee for the Chair of General Internal Medicine in Florida
  9. 2021 - present
    FellowHeart Failure Society of America
  10. 2021 - present
    Abstract GraderAmerican Heart Association
  11. 2020 - present
    Panel MemberNHLBI, National Institutes of Health
  12. 2020 - present
    Writing Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  13. 2020 - present
    Writing Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  14. 2020 - present
    Abstract GraderAmerican Heart Association
  15. 2020 - present
    Writing Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  16. 2019 - present
    Co-Chair/Writing CommitteeAmerican Heart Association
  17. 2019 - present
    Abstract GraderAmerican Heart Association
  18. 2017 - present
    Executive Committee MemberFlorida Executive Committee, Center for Regenerative Medicine Research Committee: Mayo Clinic Florida
  19. 2017 - present
    Executive Committee MemberEnterprise Cardiovascular Department
  20. 2017 - present
    FellowEuropean Society of Cardiology
  21. 2017 - present
    MemberHFA Myocarditis Study Group, European Society of Cardiology
  22. 2017 - present
    MemberCouncil of Cardio-Oncology, European Society of Cardiology
  23. 2016 - present
    Writing Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  24. 2015 - 2021
    Board MemberNorth Florida Cardiovascular Education Foundation
  25. 2015 - present
    MemberAssociation of Professors of Cardiology
  26. 2015 - present
    Writing Committee MemberAmerican Heart Association
  27. 2010 - 2014
    Abstract GraderAmerican Heart Association
  28. 2009 - 2012
    MemberAmerican Heart Association
  29. 2008 - 2011
    MemberExecutive/Electoral Committee, Mayo Clinic Chapter, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
  30. 1999 - present
    FellowInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  31. 1999 - present
    MemberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  32. 1997 - present
    FellowSociety for Vascular Medicine and Biology
  33. 1997 - present
    FellowSociety for Vascular Medicine and Biology
  34. 1995 - present
    FellowAmerican College of Cardiology
  35. 1995 - present
    FellowCouncil on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association