Dr. Joshua De Leon

Joshua De Leon received his B.A. in Biology and Philosophy from Franklin and Marshall College in 1984 and his M.D. from SUNY Downstate School of Medicine in 1988. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in clinical and molecular cardiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiovascular Research at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Dr. De Leon is a practicing cardiologist with extensive clinical experience in managing patients with inflammatory mechanisms underlying their cardiovascular disease and patients with disordered lipid metabolism. He is also a biomedical researcher who works closely with Dr. Reiss in conducting basic and translational studies to elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying acute coronary syndromes, as well as the more chronic processes that promote atherogenesis. He has been a co-investigator on an American Heart Association-funded study of inflammation in cardiovascular disease and has participated as a site investigator for multiple clinical trials addressing acute coronary syndromes, chronic CAD management, and lipid metabolism/management. He has many well-cited publications, many co-authored with Dr. Reiss.