Jorge Kizer

Jorge Kizer, MD, is a physician-scientist affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and institutions including UCSF and Jackson Laboratories. His research focuses on cardiovascular medicine, HIV-related cardiac dysfunction, proteomics, and metabolic risk factors in aging populations.

• 2006: Genetic Approaches to Complex Heart Disorders, Jackson Laboratories
• 2001: Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
• 1999: MSc in Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
• 1997: Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
• 1994: MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

His work spans proteomic profiling in heart failure, adiponectin's paradoxical role in cardiovascular disease, HIV's impact on cardiac calcification, and metabolic factors like fatty acids in aging. Recent studies (2024-2025) explore genomic risk scores for heart failure, inflammatory pathways in HIV, and sleep disorders' cardiovascular implications.

Publications emphasize biomarker discovery in heart failure subtypes (HFpEF/HFrEF), cardiac mechanics in aging, and cross-disciplinary collaborations with teams in cardiology, epidemiology, and HIV research. Key co-authors include Tracy RP, Siscovick DS, and Mukamal KJ.