Departments Cardiovascular Medicine Vascular centers Specialty Groups Cardiovascular Health Clinic Heart Failure Clinic Location Jacksonville, Florida | Rochester, Minnesota Languages English Existing patients Send a secure message via patient portal Biographical summary Leslie T. Cooper, M.D., is a general cardiologist and the chair of the Mayo Clinic Enterprise Department of Cardiovascular Medicine as well as chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Dr. Cooper's clinical interests and research focus on clinical and translational studies of rare and undiagnosed cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, and inflammatory cardiac and vascular diseases such as giant cell myocarditis, cardiac sarcoidosis, eosinophilic myocarditis, and Takayasu's arteritis. He has published over 130 original peer-reviewed papers as well as contributing to, and editing books on myocarditis. In addition he has spent years working with clinicians and researchers around the world to further diagnosis, treatment, and care for myocarditis and cardiomyopathies. In addition to his clinical and research work Dr. Cooper is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association, The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology. He is also the founder and former president of the Myocarditis Foundation and continues to serve on their board of directors. Conditions treated Amyloidosis Heart failure Myocarditis Pericarditis Sarcoidosis Vasculitis Interests Myocarditis Heart failure Sarcoidosis Large vessel vasculitis Mayo Clinic locations Jacksonville, FloridaDriving Directions More info Billing & insurance Accessibility services Rochester, MinnesotaDriving directions More info Billing & insurance Accessibility services Education 1997 Fellow - Cardiovascular Division, Mayo Foundation Scholar, Vascular Medicine FellowMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 1996 Fellow - Division of CardiologyUniversity of California, San Diego 1993 InternshipStanford University 1993 ResidentStanford University 1990 MDUniversity of Pennsylvania 1985 BAUniversity of Pennsylvania Show more education Activities and honors Certifications 2014 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine 1997 Cardiovascular DiseasesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine 1993 Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine Show more certifications Awards and honors 2021 Elizabeth C. Lane, Ph.D., and M. Nadine Zimmerman, Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine Named Professorship Committee - Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Committees 2020 2020 Provider Recognition Award: For Achieving top 99th percentile of outpatient patient experience for 2019 calendar year Mayo Clinic in Florida 2011 Best Doctors in AmericaBest Doctors in America 2005 Outstanding Teacher in Physical DiagnosisDepartment of Internal Medicine 2003 Senior Fellows AddressStanley J. Sarnoff Society for Cardiovascular Science 1996 Ruth and Victor Schulman Prize for research as a UCSD fellowAwarding Organization 1995 Biomedical Research FellowshipGiannini-Bank of American 1993 Award for Housestaff ResearchStanford University Hospital, Department of Medicine 1990 George W. Householder Prize for Cardiovascular ResearchUniversity of Pennsylvania 1989 Medical ScholarUniversity of Pennsylvania 1988 Stanley J. Sarnoff Fellowship in Cardiovascular ResearchAwarding Organization Show more awards and honors Professional memberships 2021 - present MemberEnterprise Clinical Trial Strategy and Governance Leadership Team 2021 - present Search CommitteeSearch Committee for the Chair of General Internal Medicine in Florida 2017 - present Executive Committee MemberFlorida Executive Committee, Center for Regenerative Medicine Research Committee: Mayo Clinic Florida 2017 - present Executive Committee MemberEnterprise Cardiovascular Department 2017 - present FellowEuropean Society of Cardiology 2015 - present Board MemberNorth Florida Cardiovascular Education Foundation 1999 - present MemberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 1997 FellowSociety for Vascular Medicine and Biology 1997 - present FellowSociety for Vascular Medicine and Biology 1995 - present FellowAmerican College of Cardiology 1995 - present FellowCouncil on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association FellowInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Show more professional memberships Publications See my publications Research activities See a description of research activities. Biographical summary Conditions treated Interests Mayo Clinic locations Education Activities and honors Request an appointment PST-20218405 Doctors & Medical Staff Cooper, Leslie T. Jr. M.D.