St. Luke's Medical Group
Jeremy E. Leidenfrost, M.D.
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About
Jeremy E. Leidenfrost, MD is the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon at St. Luke’s Cardiothoracic Surgery in Chesterfield, Missouri.
Dr. Leidenfrost earned his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency and cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
He specializes in the surgical treatment of conditions involving the heart, lungs, chest, and blood vessels, including coronary artery bypass grafting, minimally invasive valve surgery, and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. He is recognized nationally as one of America’s leading cardiothoracic surgeons (ranked #6 in Newsweek’s 2025 list for the specialty) and is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor.
Patients appreciate Dr. Leidenfrost for his clinical expertise, dedication to superior outcomes, and compassionate approach to care. He has been practicing in the St. Louis area for over 15 years.
Gender
- Male
Affiliations
- St. Luke's Hospital
- St. Luke's Medical Group
Treatments
- Acute aortic dissection
- Acute aortic syndromes
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Adult cardiac surgery
- Advanced management of atrial fibrillation
- Aneurysm, thoracic
- Antiarrhythmic therapy, atrial fibrillation
- Aortic and mitral valve surgery, minimally invasive
- Aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection
- Aortic root replacement
- Aortic root replacement, valve-sparing
- Aortic surgery
- Aortic surgery including endovascular aneursym repair
- Aortic surgery, ascending, arch, descending aorta
- Aortic valvular conditions
- Ascending and aortic arch aneurysm surgery
- Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty
- Bypass surgery
- Cardiac arrhythmias, radiofrequency ablation of
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- ECMO See Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- Endocarditis
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic sternosis
- Lung biopsy
- Lung surgery
- Lung surgery, minimally invasive
- Mediastinal tumor
- Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
- Minimally invasive rhythm surgery
- Minimally Invasive thoracic surgery
- Miniminally Invasive Cardiothoracic surgery
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Mitral valve repair
- Mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve repair
- Mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve replacement
- Pleural biopsy
- Pneumonectomy
- Reoperative valve surgery, minimally invasive
- Thoracic aorta, diseases of
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- Thoracic aortic surgery
- Thoracic cancer
- Thoracoscopic Removal of Lung Masses / Lobes
- Aortic aneurysm repair (AAA)
- Coronary heart disease
- Heart valve repair
- Heart valve surgery
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
- Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
- Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subvalvular Stenosis
- Lung cancer
- Thoracic aneurysm
- Thoracic aneurysm repair (TAA)
- Thorascopic lobectomy
Education & Training
- Medical Education
- St. Louis University School of Medicine
- Residency
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Fellowship
- Washington University School of Medicine
Insurances Accepted
Please call the office(s) to verify your insurance is accepted.
- Aetna
- Allwell
- Ambetter
- Anthem BCBS
- Ascension
- CHHS - Allwell
- CHHS - Ambetter
- CHHS - HomeState
- CHHS - WellCare
- Cigna
- Essence
- Healthlink
- Healthy Blue
- HomeState
- Humana (Medicare)
- Medica (WellFirst)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare SLMG
- Multiplan-PHCS
- Oscar
- RR Medicare
- TriCare
- UHC
- WellCare