Thorsten Leucker, MD
Enriched profileAssociate Professor of Medicine; Director, Johns Hopkins Cardiovascular Clinical Research Unit (JH-CCRU); Director, Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease) Fellowship Program; Director of Basic and Translational Vascular Biology Research, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thorsten Leucker is Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Johns Hopkins Cardiovascular Clinical Research Unit (JH-CCRU); Director, Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease) Fellowship Program; Director of Basic and Translational Vascular Biology Research, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 129 publications with 2,670 citations (h-index 28); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
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Overview
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Thorsten Leucker, M.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Baltimore, MD. The public record shows 129 publications with 2,670 citations (h-index 28), centered on Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 6 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2024–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
- Top research focus: Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 6 companies
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Indications focus
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OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 17 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 40.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Updated 16 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Pelacarsen Roll-over Extension Program
Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Vericiguat in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome and Coronary Vascular Dysfunction
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 2026
6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Novo Nordisk IncProgram year20251 payment
- Amgen Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals 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
96.8%PCSK9 Inhibitor63%Repatha Sureclick78%Praluent Pen23%Part D≥43 patientsCholesterol absorption inhibitor15.9%Ezetimibe100%Part D≥18 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
3.2%GLP-1 receptor agonist3.2%Ozempic100%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
Updated 16 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2024–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Lipoprotein (a) Modification of the Impact of HIV Infection on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Johns Hopkins University
FY2026$654,661R01HL176322 - Lipoprotein (a) Modification of the Impact of HIV Infection on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Johns Hopkins University
FY2025$713,464R01HL176322 - Lipoprotein (a) Modification of the Impact of HIV Infection on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Johns Hopkins University
FY2024$742,803R01HL176322
Publications
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Metabolic and redox pathway dysregulation in HIV-associated coronary endothelial dysfunction.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
Article2026 - Lipoprotein(a) and oxidized phospholipids are associated with myocardial inflammation after acute myocardial infarction.
Nature cardiovascular research
Clinical Trial2026 - Lipoprotein(a) is associated with coronary inflammation in people with HIV and undetectable HIV RNA.
European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice
Article2026 - Lipoprotein(a) in clinical practice: Risk stratification and therapeutic strategies.
European journal of clinical investigation
Review2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Inflammation and cardiovascular disease: From mechanisms to therapeuticsArticle459 citations2020
- 02
- 03Coronary heart disease risk: Low-density lipoprotein and beyondArticle236 citations2021
- 04
- 05
Network
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Online presence
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medicine-matters.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2022/10/leucker-named-director-of-cardiovascular-diseases-fellowship-program
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medicine-matters.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2025/04/leucker-post-and-segal-receive-dom-mentoring-awards
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Background & recognition
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Education
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- M.D.
University of Bonn Faculty of Medicine (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn), 2008, summa cum laude
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American Board of Clinical Lipidology
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Awards & honors
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AHA Clinical Fellow Research Education Program funding for the Johns Hopkins Cardiology Fellowship Program
2023provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medicine-matters.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org ↗ - 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 →profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org ↗
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- Fellow
American Heart Association
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American College of Cardiology
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