Leslee Shaw, PhD

Leslee J. Shaw, PhD, is a leading outcomes researcher whose major focus is clinical diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, including a special focus on sex differences. Dr. Shaw is an endowed chair and tenured professor with appointments in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science; Population Health; and Cardiology. She is the Director of the Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute and Vice Chair for Research in the Raquel and Jaime Gilinski Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In her roles, she leads women’s health researchers across the Mount Sinai Health System, including multidisciplinary teams to tackle compelling research issues in women’s health.

Dr. Shaw has published more than 1,000 publications and presented more than 500 abstracts in major scientific meetings in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. She has been ranked as one of the top one-percent of clinical researchers with the most highly cited publications (awarded by Thomson Reuters), with an H-index >154.

Based on her scientific contributions, in 2009, Dr. Shaw was recognized with the Simon Dack Award for academic excellence from the American College of Cardiology and, in 2013, the Coalition to Reduce Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Award for her research contributions in racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease. In 2013, she received the Woman’s Day Red Dress Award for her scientific contributions to women’s health. In 2020, she was awarded the Bernadine Healy Leadership in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease Award from the American College of Cardiology. Also, in 2020, she received the Nanette Wenger, MD Award from the American Society of Preventive Cardiology, and the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research. Dr. Shaw is a Past President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. She is the only individual having served as president of two medical societies within cardiovascular medicine.