Degrees
MD, Boston Univ; BA, Bennington Coll
Bio
Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACC, FASNC, FAHA
Senior vice president, Office of Community and Public Health
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Professor of Cardiology and Population Health
Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
Dr. Jennifer H. Mieres is one of the leading experts and patient advocates in the fields of cardiovascular disease in women and Nuclear Cardiology. In her role as leader of the North Shore-LIJ Health System’s Office of Community and Public Health, Dr. Mieres, has oversight of the Katz Institute for Women’s Health, all of North Shore-LIJ’s health and wellness, community education and healthcare access programs, as well as corporate social responsibility. She is also the health system’s Chief Diversity and inclusion Officer, and Medical Director of the Center for Learning and Innovation, North Shore-LIJ’s corporate university. A graduate of Bennington College and Boston University School of Medicine, she is a Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and in 2009, she served as the first female President of the ASNC.
Dr. Mieres is board certified in cardiovascular diseases and nuclear cardiology.
Dr. Mieres is actively involved in clinical cardiovascular research. She chaired the AHA’s writing group on imaging in women and is the lead author of the AHA’s 2005 scientific publication on diagnostic testing for women. She is currently one of the lead investigators of a national study (The WOMEN Study: What is the Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in WomeN?) to determine the optimal non-invasive test for women with suspected heart disease. She has presented her research papers on cardiovascular disease in women at national and international conferences and has been, one of the distinguished faculty invited to scientific sessions of the ACC, AHA, ASNC and the International conference of Nuclear Cardiology.
She is very involved in community service and is a national spokesperson for the AHA’s Go Red For Women movement and has served as a member of the AHA’s National Board of Directors (2004-2006). She also serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for WomenHeart: The national coalition for women living with heart disease.
Dr. Mieres is routinely called upon by the media to comment on heart health, appearing in national and local media outlets on such programs as “20/20”, the “Today Show”, “Good Morning America”, “Today in New York”, “CBS Early Show”, “CNN”, The Martha Stewart Show and many others. As a producer of the PBS documentary “A Woman’s Heart,” (2003) she was nominated for an Emmy for Best documentary in the Health Science category at the 46th Annual New York Emmy Awards. In 2009 and 2010, Dr Mieres was listed as one of the best doctors in New York magazine. In 2008 Heart Smart for Black Women and Latinas: A Five Week Program for Living a Heart- Healthy Lifestyle (
www.Heartsmartwomenbook.com), Dr. Mieres’ first book, was published by St Martin’s Press.
