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About

Ronald Leidenfrost, MD, is chairman of St. Luke's Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute. He is a member of a highly-qualified team treating all aspects of adult heart, lung, esophageal, chest wall and vascular surgery. Dr. Leidenfrost is board-certified in internal medicine, thoracic and cardiac surgery at St. Luke's Cardiothoracic Surgery. 

Dr. Leidenfrost specializes in permanent pacemaker surgery and complex reoperative heart (CABG and valve) surgery.

Gender

  • Male

Affiliations

  • St. Luke's Hospital
  • St. Luke's Medical Group

Treatments

  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Abdominal cerclage
  • Abdominal hernia repair
  • Abdominal intervention
  • Abdominal surgery
  • Abdominal surgery, minimally invasive
  • Abdominal surgery, minimally invasive
  • Abdominal transplantation
  • Abdominal wall reconstruction
  • Abdominoplasty
  • Abnormal liver function tests
  • Acquired heart disease
  • Acute and chronic venous thromboembolic disease
  • Acute aortic dissection
  • Acute aortic syndromes
  • Acute back injury
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Acute heart attack
  • Acute myocardial infarction
  • Adrenal surgery
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Adrenalectomy, laparoscopic
  • Adrenalectomy, laparoscopic
  • Adult cardiac surgery
  • Adult cardiology
  • Adult congenital heart disease
  • Adult echocardiography, transthoracic
  • Advanced comprehensive neurology
  • Advanced heart failure
  • Advanced Lipid Testing
  • Advanced management of atrial fibrillation
  • Advanced monitoring and device therapy, heart failure
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Anabolic steroids and heart disease
  • Anesthesia, abdominal surgery
  • Anesthesia, abdominal surgery
  • Anesthesia, bariatric surgery
  • Anesthesia, bariatric surgery
  • Anesthesia, Thoracic and cardiac surgery
  • Anesthesia, Thoracic and cardiac surgery
  • Aneurysm
  • Aneurysm repair
  • Aneurysm, abdominal
  • Aneurysm, abdominal
  • Aneurysm, thoracic
  • Aneurysm, thoracic
  • Angina
  • Angina pectoris
  • Angina, unstable
  • Angioplasty
  • Angioplasty, peripheral
  • Antiarrhythmic therapy, atrial fibrillation
  • Aorta, arteriosclerosis
  • Aortic and mitral valve surgery, minimally invasive
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Aortic CTA and MRA
  • Aortic disease
  • Aortic dissection
  • Aortic dissection, type B
  • Aortic imaging
  • Aortic occlusive disease
  • Aortic root replacement
  • Aortic root replacement, valve-sparing
  • Aortic surgery
  • Aortic surgery including endovascular aneursym repair
  • Aortic surgery, ascending, arch, descending aorta
  • Aortic valve repair
  • Aortic valvular conditions
  • Aortoiliac and peripheral occlusive disease
  • Aortoiliac disease
  • Argon plasma coagulation
  • Arterial and vascular disease, peripheral
  • Arterial aneurysms
  • Arterial bypass
  • Arterial disease, peripheral
  • Arterial Doppler ultrasound
  • Arterial interventions
  • Arterial occlusive disease
  • Arterial surgery
  • Arterial thrombosis
  • Arterialvenous malformation
  • Artery disease of the leg, peripheral
  • Artery disease, peripheral
  • Ascending and aortic arch aneurysm surgery
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Atherosclerosis, renal failure and
  • Athlete's heart
  • Atrial septal defects
  • Atrial septal defects, closure
  • Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty
  • Balloon valvuloplasty
  • Biomarker in thrombolysis therapy
  • Biventricular pacing
  • Blunt trauma, abdominal
  • Blunt trauma, abdominal
  • Brugada syndrome
  • Bypass surgery
  • CADASIL
  • Cardiac anesthesia
  • Cardiac arrest
  • Cardiac arrhythmia
  • Cardiac arrhythmias, radiofrequency ablation of
  • Cardiac biomarkers
  • Cardiac care
  • Cardiac care, oncology patients
  • Cardiac catheterization
  • Cardiac catheterization, thoracic aortic disease
  • Cardiac catheterization, valve disease
  • Cardiac catheterization, valve disease
  • Cardiac computed tomography
  • Cardiac diagnosis, non-invasive
  • Cardiac electrophysiology
  • Cardiac imaging
  • Cardiac imaging, MRI
  • Cardiac intensive care
  • Cardiac mass, removal of
  • Cardiac pacing
  • Cardiac pathology
  • Cardiac physiology
  • Cardiac radiation exposure
  • Cardiac radiology
  • Cardiac rehabilitation
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • Cardiac resynchronization, heart failure
  • Cardiac rhythm device insertion
  • Cardiac Risk Factor Modification
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Cardiac surgery, minimally invasive
  • Cardiac transplantation
  • Cardiac tumor
  • Cardiac ultrasound
  • Cardiac ultrasound, adult congenital heart disease
  • Cardiac valve repair and replacement
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiology, preventive
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Cardioneurology
  • Cardiopulmonary anesthesia
  • Cardiopulmonary bypass, hematologic aspects of
  • Cardiothoracic anesthesia
  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Cardiovascular anesthesia
  • Cardiovascular biomarkers
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Cardiovascular disease in athletes
  • Cardiovascular disease research
  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and
  • Cardiovascular disease, genetic
  • Cardiovascular disease, in women
  • Cardiovascular disease, prevention
  • Cardiovascular emergencies
  • Cardiovascular endocrinology
  • Cardiovascular genetics
  • Cardiovascular imaging
  • Cardiovascular imaging, non-invasive
  • Cardiovascular pathology
  • Cardiovascular Pharmacology
  • Cardiovascular physiology
  • Cardiovascular radiation therapy (brachytherapy),
  • Cardiovascular radiology
  • Cardiovascular risk reduction
  • Cardiovascular sufficiency in newborns
  • Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Cardioversion
  • Carotid artery disease
  • Carotid artery dissection
  • Carotid artery stenosis
  • Carotid artery surgery
  • Carotid endarterectomy
  • Carotid occlusive disease
  • Carotid stenting
  • Carotid ultrasound
  • Central venous catheterization
  • Chest Wall Deformities
  • Circumferential Abdominoplasty
  • Clinical and Interventional Cardiology
  • Clinical and Preventive Cardiology
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Coronary artery disease, treatment of
  • Coronary fractional flow reserve
  • Coronary interventions / angioplasty / stent / atherectomy
  • Critical care cardiac
  • Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
  • Degos disease
  • Device therapy, heart disease
  • Device therapy, prevention of sudden death
  • Diabetes, heart disease and
  • Diabetic heart disease and prevention
  • Diagnosis, cardiovascular disease in women
  • Diagnostic and interventional cardiology
  • Diastolic dysfunction
  • Dilated cardiomyopathies
  • Echocardiography
  • ECMO See Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • Electrical cardioversion from atrial arrhythmias
  • Electrocardiology
  • Emphysema, volume reduction surgery
  • Emphysema, volume reduction surgery
  • Endarterectomy
  • Endocarditis
  • Endoscopy
  • Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
  • Endovascular embolization, tumors
  • Epidemiology
  • Essential hypertension
  • Evoked potentials
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)
  • Full hemodynamic assessment
  • Gestational trophoblastic disease
  • Heart attack
  • Heart biopsy
  • Heart catheterization
  • Heart disease
  • Heart disease prevention
  • Heart disease, end-stage
  • Heart disease, in Asian-Indians
  • Heart disease, in athletes
  • Heart disease, in women
  • Heart failure
  • Heart failure, diagnostics
  • Heart failure, acute, and cardiogenic shock, management
  • Heart failure, advanced monitoring and device therapy
  • Heart failure, new onset
  • Heart murmur
  • Heart surgery
  • Heart transplantation
  • Heartburn surgery
  • Hemodynamic monitoring
  • Hemodynamics
  • High altitude travel, and heart disease
  • High-risk coronary intervention
  • Holter and event monitoring
  • Hybrid vascular surgery
  • Hypertension
  • Hypertension, and diabetes
  • Hypertension, essential
  • Hypertensive heart disease
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic sternosis
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
  • Implantable pacemaker
  • Inflammatory response during cardiac surgery
  • Inherited cardiovascular diseases
  • International cardiovascular disease
  • Interventional cardiology
  • Interventional catheterization
  • Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
  • Invasive Cardiology
  • Invasive catheterizations
  • Invasive Non-interventional cardiology
  • Ischemia-reperfusion injury
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Ischemic stroke
  • Laparoscopic bypass surgery
  • Left heart catheterization
  • Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation
  • Limb edema
  • Long QT syndrome (LQTS)
  • Lower extremity arteries
  • Lower extremity revascularization
  • Lung biopsy
  • Lung cancer symptom management
  • Lung injury
  • Lung surgery
  • Lung surgery, minimally invasive
  • Lung surgery, minimally invasive
  • Lung transplant
  • Lung tumor, radiofrequency ablation of
  • Lung tumor, radiofrequency ablation of
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Mechanical circulatory support
  • 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
  • Molecular cardiology research
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Myocardial infarction surgery
  • Myocardial injury
  • Myocarditis
  • Non-invasive Vascular Medicine
  • Office Endometrial Ablation
  • Older adult health
  • Open surgery
  • Organ transplantation
  • Organ transplantation, kidney
  • Organ transplantation, kidney
  • Organ transplantation, liver
  • Organ transplantation, liver
  • Organ transplantation, pancreas
  • Organ transplantation, pancreas
  • Oxygen delivery
  • Pacemaker implantation
  • Paget's disease
  • Pancreas transplantation
  • Pancreas-kidney transplantation
  • Pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery
  • Pancreatic surgery
  • Pectus excavatum correction
  • Percutaneous Atherectomy
  • Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
  • Pericardial disease
  • Perioperative genomics of cardiovascular disease
  • Peripheral Vascular Angioplasty and Stenting
  • Peripheral Vascular Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Peripheral vascular surgery
  • Pleural biopsy
  • Pleuroscopy (Medical Thoracoscopy)
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Popliteal aneurysm repair
  • Portal hypertension
  • Portal Hypertension Surgery
  • Post-cardiac arrest resuscitation
  • Pregnancy and heart disease
  • Premature atherosclerosis
  • Premature atrial contractions (PACS)
  • Prevention & Management of Cardiovascular Disease
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Pulmonary manifestations of rheumatic diseases
  • Pulmonary vascular disease
  • Radial artery catheterization
  • Radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmia
  • Raynaud's disease
  • Reducing Cardiovascular and Stroke Risk by treating Sleep Apnea
  • Renal artery angioplasty
  • Renal artery disease
  • Renal artery revascularization
  • Renal artery stenosis
  • Renal artery stenting
  • Renal vascular disease
  • Reoperative valve surgery, minimally invasive
  • Return to work after heart attack
  • Right heart failure
  • Risk stratification and treatment for sudden cardiac death
  • Robot-assisted heart surgery
  • Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery
  • Ross procedure
  • Secondary forms of hypertension
  • Segmental arterial mediolysis
  • Stress Echocardiography
  • Stress Testing with Nuclear Imaging
  • Stroke
  • Structural heart disease
  • Sudden cardiac death
  • Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure
  • Surgical Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease
  • Surveillance for colonic polyps
  • Temporary Pacemakers
  • Thoracentesis
  • Thoracic anesthesia
  • Thoracic aorta, diseases of
  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm
  • Thoracic aortic surgery
  • Thoracic cancer
  • Thoracic malignancy. See Thoracic cancer
  • Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Thoracoscopic Removal of Lung Masses / Lobes
  • Thoracoscopic spine surgery
  • Thoracoscopic surgery
  • Thorax, computed tomography imaging of
  • Thorax, computed tomography imaging of
  • Three-dimensional ultrasound
  • Thromboembolic disease
  • Thrombophilic disorders in pregnancy
  • Thrombosis
  • Thrombotic disorders
  • Transcranial doppler of carotid occlusion
  • Transient ischemic attack
  • Transthoracic Echocardiography
  • Triglycerides, elevated
  • Type B aortic dissection
  • Unstable angina
  • Valve implantation
  • Vascular biology
  • Vascular calcification
  • Vascular disease of the brain
  • Vascular disease prevention
  • Vascular disease, peripheral (PVD)
  • Vascular medicine
  • Vascular pain
  • Vascular pathology
  • Vascular testing, non-invasive
  • Vasculitis
  • Venous ablation
  • Venous disease, endovascular treatment of
  • Venous disease, evaluation and treatment of
  • Venous insufficiency
  • Venous intervention
  • Venous occlusive disease
  • Venous sinus thrombosis
  • Venous thromboembolism
  • Venous thrombosis
  • Ventricular dysrhythmia. See Ventricular arrhythmia
  • Video Assisted thoracic surgery Lobectomy
  • Video-assisted Thoracic and cardiac surgery (VATS), minimally invasive
  • Video-assisted Thoracic and cardiac surgery (VATS), minimally invasive
  • Visceral artery aneurysm
  • Visceral artery angioplastyCr+Lf
  • Vulnerable plaque, imaging and therapy of
  • Whole Lung Lavage
  • Women's health, heart disease
  • Zenker diverticulotomy
  • Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
  • AAA
  • Ablative atherectomy
  • Acid reflux surgery
  • ALS
  • Ambulatory electrocardiography device
  • Anabolic-androgen steroids
  • Aneurysm repair, popliteal
  • Aneurysm repair, popliteal
  • Angioplasty, renal artery
  • Anti-reflux surgery
  • Aortic aneurysm repair (AAA)
  • APC
  • Arterial revascularization
  • Arteriosclerotic vascular disease (ASVD)
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Atherectomy
  • Atherosclerosis, premature
  • athletic bradycardia
  • Athletic heart syndrome
  • Atrial ectopic beats
  • Atrial premature complexes
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Bile duct surgery
  • Blood clot
  • Blood clot in the vein
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Bypass surgery, minimally invasive
  • Cardiac arrest, sudden
  • Cardiac biopsy
  • Cardiac dysrhythmia
  • Cardiac rehab
  • Cardiac stress test
  • Cardiac sudden death
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Obstructive
  • Cardiopathy
  • Cardiopulmonary arrest
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Catheterization, radial artery
  • cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
  • Chest pain
  • Chondrocalcinosis
  • Circulatory arrest
  • Cobbler's chest, surgery for
  • Cobbler's chest, surgery for
  • Computed tomography angiography
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Constrictive pericarditis
  • Coronary bypass, laparoscopic
  • Coronary catheterization
  • Coronary heart disease
  • CPR
  • CRT
  • Deep vein thrombosis
  • Diastolic heart failure
  • Doppler ultrasonography
  • Doppler ultrasound
  • Echocardiography, stress
  • Economy class syndrome
  • Embolism
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Extirpative atherectomy
  • Extramammary Paget's disease
  • Hardening of the arteries
  • Heart inflammation
  • Heart muscle disease
  • Heart transplant
  • Heart valve disease
  • Heart valve repair
  • Heart valve surgery
  • High blood pressure
  • Hypertension, pulmonary
  • Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
  • Ideopathic hypertension
  • Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
  • Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subvalvular Stenosis
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
  • Intramural thrombus
  • Kidney failure
  • Kidney transplant
  • Kidney vascular disease
  • Laparoscopic lung surgery
  • Leg swelling
  • Leriche syndrome
  • Leriche's syndrome
  • Liver surgery
  • Liver transplant
  • Lou Gehrig's disease
  • Lung cancer
  • Magnetic resonance angiography
  • Malignant atrophic papulosis
  • Marfan's syndrome
  • Mechanical cardiac assist
  • Mechanical support device
  • Mechanical support system
  • Myocardial biopsy
  • Obesity management
  • Organ transplantation-pancreas
  • Organ transplant-pancreas and kidney
  • Pacemaker
  • Pacemakers
  • PAD
  • Paget's disease of the bone
  • Paget's disease of the breast
  • Paget-Schroetter disease
  • PAH
  • Pancreas surgery
  • Pancreas transplant
  • Pancreatobiliary surgery
  • PAOD
  • Penetrating atherosclerotic aortic ulcer
  • Percutaneous peripheral atherectomy
  • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
  • Pericardial effusion
  • Pericarditis
  • Peripheral arterial disease
  • Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
  • Peripheral edema
  • Pleural tap
  • Primary hypertension
  • Primary Raynaud's phenomenon
  • PTA
  • Pulmonary autograft
  • Radial catheterization
  • Raynaud disease
  • Raynaud phenomenon
  • Renal artery obstruction
  • Renovascular disease
  • Revascularization, renal artery
  • RFA
  • Rheumatic diseases, lung manifestations
  • Rheumatic diseases, lung manifestations
  • RP
  • SAM
  • Segmental mediolytic arteritis
  • Steroids
  • Stress echo
  • Sudden cardiac arrest
  • Sunken chest, surgery for
  • Sunken chest, surgery for
  • Tamponade
  • TEE
  • Thoracic aneurysm
  • Thoracic aneurysm repair (TAA)
  • Thoracic neoplasm
  • Thoracocentesis
  • Thorascopic lobectomy
  • Thrombus
  • TIA
  • Transplant surgery
  • Triacylglycerols
  • Trophoblastic cancer
  • Trophoblastic neoplasm
  • Tummy tuck
  • Valve repair
  • Vascular occlusion
  • VATS lobectomy
  • Ventricular disfunction
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Education & Training

  • Medical Education
    • Medical School of New York at Syracuse
  • Residency
    • Barnes-Jewish Hospital
    • General Hospital
  • Fellowship
    • Barnes-Jewish Hospital
    • Children's Hospital - Boston

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