Dr. Nancy Sweitzer

Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD, is a cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. She is Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where she serves as Vice Chair of Clinical Research for the Department of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research for the Cardiovascular Division. Clinically, she focuses on advanced heart failure and transplant care, mechanical circulatory support, and cardiovascular therapeutics. Her research centers on cardiac physiology and hemodynamics, multi-organ interactions in cardiovascular disease, and clinical trials of novel cardiovascular drugs and devices. A recognized leader, Dr. Sweitzer is editor-in-chief of Circulation: Heart Failure and a past president of the Association of Professors of Cardiology. Her contributions have been honored with national leadership recognitions, teaching awards across multiple institutions, and numerous Top Doctor distinctions. She earned her MD and PhD in Physiology from the University of Wisconsin, completed internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and pursued fellowships in cardiology, echocardiography, and advanced heart failure and transplant.