Susanna M. Leonard - Faculty Biosketch

Susanna M. Leonard, DO

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3600 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-279-1906

Education:
BE (Exercise Physiology)
University of Miami, 2011.
DO (Medicine)
Nova Southeastern University, 2015.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 2015-2016.
Resident, Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 2016-2018.
Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2018-2021.
Advanced Fellow, ALD and Transplant, Duke University, 2021-2022.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2018.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 2020.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, 2021.

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Selected Publications

Kevin D. He MD, Susanna M. Leonard DO, Alyssa Mezochow MD, Christian Bermudez MD, Andrew Courtwright MD PhD, Emily Blumberg MD: Impact of Donor Radiographic Pneumonia on Post-Transplant Recipient Outcomes and Microbiology. Transplant Infectious Disease December 2025.

K.D. He, S. Leonard, A. Mezochow, C. Bermudez, A. Courtwright, E. Blumberg: Impact of Donor Radiographic Pneumonia on Lung Transplant Recipient Outcomes. American Journal of Transplantation 25, August 2025 Notes: Issue 8, Supplement 1.

K.D. He, S. Leonard, A. Mezochow, C. Bermudez, A. Courtwright, E. Blumberg: Donor and Recipient Microbiological Profiles in Lung Transplant. American Journal of Transplantation 25, August 2025 Notes: Issue 8, Supplement 1.

Sandrine Hanna, Rami Hallak1, Susanna M. Leonard, Samantha Morrison, Sarah Peskoe, Jordan Whitson, John M. Reynolds, Cameron R. Wolfe and Hakim Azfar Ali: Long-Term Outcomes of a Case-Control Lung Transplant Cohort after SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Frontiers in Transplantation 4, May 2025.

Leonard, S., Young, K., Reynolds, J. : Mycophenolate Induced Colitis in a Lung Transplant Recipient. American Thoracic Society May 2022 Notes: Poster presentation.

Leonard, S., Friedland, A., Maziarz, E., Hatfull, G., Dedrick, R., Cristinziano, M., Reynolds, J., Young, K. : Engineered Bacteriophage for Treatment of Disseminated Drug Resistant Mycobacterium abscessus in a Lung Transplant Recipient. American Thoracic Society May 2022 Notes: Postern presentation.

Leonard, S., Klapper, J., Ali, H.A., Reynolds, J., Young, K.: Gastroparesis Following Lung Transplant: A Single Center’s Experiences. ISHLT April 2022 Notes: Poster presentation.

Leonard, S., Young, K., Zaffiri, L.: Mycotic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm following ECMO Cannulation. ISHLT April 2022 Notes: Poster presentation.

Leonard, S., MacDonald, A., Johnson, C., Ali, H.A., Reynolds, J.: Phaeohyphomycoses in Lung Transplant Recipient. ISHLT April 2022 Notes: Poster presentation.

Leonard, S., Adkinson, B.C., Hulbert, S., Ashkin, A., Rowlinson, M.C., Ashkin, D. : Clinical Application of Rapid Determinants of Resistance in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis. CHEST Oct 2020 Notes: Oral presentation.