Assistant Professor of Surgery
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Bradley Leshnower is a board-certified general and cardiothoracic surgeon. His clinical interests include thoracic aortic surgery, endovascular aortic surgery, complex reoperative cardiac surgery, aortic valve replacement, and off-pump coronary artery bypass.
Dr. Leshnower earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas. He completed a residency in general surgery, a post-doctoral research fellowship, and a general surgery chief residency at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. At Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, he completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency and chief residency. He subsequently completed fellowships in thoracic aortic surgery at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. Joseph Bavaria, and an endovascular fellowship at the Arizona Heart Institute under Dr. Edward Diethrich.
Dr. Leshnower joined the Emory University faculty in 2011 and became Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery for Emory Healthcare and Co-Director of the Emory Aortic Center in 2020. He has a robust clinical practice and is a renowned surgical educator.
An active researcher, Dr. Leshnowe serves as the national Co-PI of a trial of a single branched aortic arch stent graft system. His translational research lab focuses upon thoracic aortic disease. He serves as the Principal Investigator of an NIH R01 funded grant that is creating a risk stratification score for patients with acute type B aortic dissection combining clinical and biomechanical risk factors. Dr. Leshnower also leads multiple clinical research studies regarding patient outcomes with both medical and surgical therapies to treat aortic dissections and aneurysms.
Friday, June 12, 2026
8:23 AM - 8:30 AM ET