Leslie Ann Saxon, MD

Dr. Leslie Saxon is a professor of clinical medicine (clinical scholar) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and preventing sudden cardiac death. In addition to her work in cardiovascular medicine, Dr. Saxon serves as the executive director of the internationally acclaimed USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) and newly formed USC Virtual Care Clinic (VCC). The CBC is currently a place for all USC schools, including medicine, engineering, business and the cinematic arts, to form interdisciplinary relationships and accelerate the future of fully integrated, “connected” medicine alongside public and private sector partners. She is a well-known authority on the pre-clinical and clinical development and testing of wearable and implanted technology, including networked devices used in medical, wellness and fitness disciplines. With her clinical expertise, she is a valuable strategist in developing device models and software solutions that offer engaging user-feedback based on real-time physiologic data. Her cultivation of critical innovative partnerships to jointly commercialize products within the CBC is essential for furthering and improving the dissemination of medical information, enhancing communication and improving health outcomes. Dr. Saxon has completed over 150 publications in various medical journals, has spoken at various forums, including TEDMED, South by Southwest (SXSW), WIRED Health and CES, and was recently named “Most Tech Friendly Doc” by Rock Health. Known as a digital health guru, Dr. Saxon is frequently interviewed by national media.

• The Muses of the California Science Center Foundation: Woman of the Year Award, 2019

• Force plate assessments in reconnaissance marine training company BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2024 Jan 13; 16(1):16. . View in PubMed
• Am Heart J. 2023 05; 259:30-41. . View in PubMed
• A Novel Digital Research Methodology for Continuous Health Assessment of the Special Operations Warfighter: The Digital cORA Study J Spec Oper Med. 2022 Dec 16; 22(4):78-82. . View in PubMed
• The effect of cardiac resynchronization without a defibrillator on morbidity and mortality: an individual patient data meta-analysis of COMPANION and CARE-HF Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 06; 24(6):1080-1090. . View in PubMed
• Diverse predictors of early attrition in an elite Marine training school Mil Psychol. 2022; 34(4):388-397. . View in PubMed
• Player Tracking Technology and Data for Injury Prevention in the National Football League Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Sep 01; 20(9):436-439. . View in PubMed
• The Addition of a Defibrillator to Resynchronization Therapy Decreases Mortality in Patients With Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy JACC Heart Fail. 2021 06; 9(6):439-449. . View in PubMed
• Factors indicating intention to vaccinate with a COVID-19 vaccine among older US. adults. PLoS One. 2021; 16(5):e0251963. . View in PubMed
• Diverse predictors of early attrition in an elite Marine training school Military Psychology. 2021; 34(4):1-10. . View in PubMed
• Now What? . IEEE spectrum. 2021.. View in PubMed
• COVID-19 testing and infection surveillance: Is a combined digital contact-tracing and mass-testing solution feasible in the United States? Cardiovasc Digit Health J. 2020 Nov-Dec; 1(3):149-159.. View in PubMed
• Rates of Adoption and Outcomes After Firmware Updates for Food and Drug Administration Cybersecurity Safety Advisories Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 08; 13(8):e008364. . View in PubMed
• Continuous Measurement of Reconnaissance Marines in Training With Custom Smartphone App and Watch: Observational Cohort Study JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 06 15; 8(6):e14116. . View in PubMed
• Home Monitoring of Cardiac Devices in the Era of COVID-19 Curr Cardiol Rep. 2020 11 20; 23(1):1. . View in PubMed
• Consumer-facing Diagnostic Sensors in a Patient with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator J Innov Card Rhythm Manag. 2019 Sep; 10(9):3822-3825. . View in PubMed
• The Democratization of Diagnosis: Bringing the Power of Medical Diagnosis to the Masses EClinicalMedicine. 2019 Feb; 8:6-7. . View in PubMed
• Transparent sharing of digital health data: A call to action Heart Rhythm. 2019 09; 16(9):e95-e106. . View in PubMed
• Impact of Degree of Left Ventricular Remodeling on Clinical Outcomes From Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy JACC Heart Fail. 2019 04; 7(4):281-290. . View in PubMed
• Heart Rhythm. 2019 04; 16(4):581-587. . View in PubMed
• Editorial commentary: Re-inventing chronic disease management as a service – Medication adherence solutions are ground zero Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2019 02; 29(2):118-119. . View in PubMed
• Haemodynamic Monitoring Devices in Heart Failure: Maximising Benefit with Digitally Enabled Patient Centric Care Arrhythm Electrophysiol Rev. 2018 Dec; 7(4):294-298. . View in PubMed
• Use of software applications to improve medication adherence and achieve more integrated disease management in heart failure Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2018 10; 28(7):483-488. . View in PubMed
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Does Not Prevent Atrial Fibrillation But Atrial Fibrillation Prevents Cardiac Resynchronizat