Jonathan Raffel Lindner MD

Dr. Jonathan Raffel Lindner, MD is a Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Where he holds the M. Lowell Edwards Professorship of Cardiology. He is also the Chief of the Division of Cardiometabolic Health at the ONPRC. He received his medical degree and residency training in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and received his cardiovascular training at the University of Virginia. 

Dr. Lindner has expertise in the fields of cardiovascular imaging and microvascular physiology and is currently the principal investigator on several R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health and a grant from the NASA National Space and Biomedical Research Institute. His research laboratory has pioneered the use of contrast ultrasound for non-invasive molecular imaging of disease and the evaluation of microvascular function/dysfunction. Specific areas of research include (a) application of molecular imaging in atherosclerosis; (b) molecular imaging for early diagnosis of myocardial ischemic injury and inflammation; (c) microvascular pathobiology in atherosclerosis, insulin resistance, peripheral artery disease, and sickle cell disease; and (e) novel therapeutic applications of ultrasound cavitation for drug/gene delivery and augmentation of perfusion. 

Dr. Lindner is a Past-President of the American Society of Echocardiography. He is on the Board of Directors and serves as the Chair of the Exam Writing Committee for the National Board of Echocardiography. Past honors include the Feigenbaum Award and the Richard Popp Teaching Award from the ASE.