Leslie Saxon

Leslie Saxon

Leslie Saxon, MD, is a world renown interventional cardiologist and professor of medicine (clinical scholar) and executive director of the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Leslie Saxon is a pioneer in the movement of wireless diagnostics through wearable and implantable computing devices. The internationally acclaimed CBC collaborates with USC schools, including medicine, engineering, business, and cinematic arts, to accelerate the future of fully integrated health and human performance. She has active research with programs involving connected sensors and software with elite human performers including military groups, professional and collegiate athletes, and patients. Her work provides users with continuous and protected information and actionable insights to improve and optimize their health and human performance status. Dr. Saxon’s work is revolutionizing human performance and medical diagnostics and treatments and changing the mindset from “sickcare” to “healthcare” by providing proactive, preventable, and continuous care through technology. She has over 200 peer reviewed research publications and has been recognized with multiple prestigious awards, including the 2019 California Science Center Women of the Year award.  Dr. Saxon has spoken at various forums including CES, TEDMED, DEF CON- Black Hat, SXSW, and WIRED Health and is regularly quoted in popular press (WSJ, NYT, BBC and Fast Company).

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  • Organization
    USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC
  • Profession
    Interventional cardiologist, Professor of medicine (clinical scholar), Executive director

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