Leslie Saxon, MD
Enriched profileChief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Professor of Medicine and Clinical Scholar · Keck School of Medicine of USC
Leslie Saxon is Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Professor of Medicine and Clinical Scholar at Keck School of Medicine of USC. OpenAlex indexes 262 publications with 19,624 citations (h-index 59); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Leslie Ann Saxon, MD, is Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of USC. The public record shows 262 publications with 19,624 citations (h-index 59), centered on Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 5 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Journal of medical Internet research
- Top research focus: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 5 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 122.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
Sign in to view contact details →Clinical trials
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- A Pivotal Trial to Establish the Efficacy and Long-term Safety of the Parachute Implant System
Sponsor: CardioKinetix, Inc
- Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring to Optimize Heart Failure Therapy
Sponsor: Abbott Medical Devices
- Safety and Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With Defibrillation
Sponsor: Boston Scientific Corporation
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year202520 payments$34,015openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20253 payments
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year20251 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Cardiovascular
74.7%Beta blocker17.2%Metoprolol Succinate100%Part D≥13 patientsStatin15.9%Atorvastatin Calcium70%Simvastatin30%Part D<11 patientsBlood & clotting
25.3%Factor Xa inhibitor18%Eliquis100%Part D≥15 patientsVitamin K antagonist7.3%Warfarin Sodium100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Health Care 2025: How Consumer-Facing Devices Change Health Management and Delivery.
Journal of medical Internet research
Article2025 - Continuous Measurement of Reconnaissance Marines in Training With Custom Smartphone App and Watch: Observational Cohort Study.
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Article2020
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/leslie-saxon-md
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linkedin.com/in/leslie-saxon-56a5846
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Leslie-A-Saxon-2155248418
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
cbc.ict.usc.edu/our-team/leslie-saxon
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youtube.com/watch
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X/Twitter: @DrLeslieSaxon
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthgrades.com ↗
- Board Certified
Cardiovascular Disease (ABMS)
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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (ABMS)
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Internal Medicine (ABMS)
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Fellow
Heart Rhythm Society
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American College of Cardiology
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Heart Failure Society of America
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →californiasciencecenter.org ↗
- "Most Tech Friendly Doc"
Rock Health
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Executive Director
USC Center for Body Computing
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USC Institute for Creative Technologies
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Endotronix
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Touch Point Health podcast guest
"How technical advances can help produce better healthcare for all"
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