Jesus Jimenez, MD, PhD

Cardio-Oncologist

Jesus Jimenez

Appointment Options

Whether you’re seeking a new patient appointment or exploring treatment options and looking for a second opinion, our Siteman care coordinators are ready to assist you.

My Locations

Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

On WashU Medicine Campus
4500 Forest Park Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63108

Expertise & Training

Clinical Expertise

  • Cardio-oncology

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, WashU Medicine

Board Certification

  • 2016: Internal Medicine
  • 2019: Cardiovascular Disease

Training

  • 2016 - 2019: Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Diseases, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • 2019 - 2020: Clinical Fellow, Cardio-oncology, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • 2019 - 2021: Advanced Cardiovascular Research Fellow, WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Education

  • 2009: MS, Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
  • 2013: MD/PhD, Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

Cardio-oncology; immunotherapy; cardiotoxicity; cancer-associated cardiovascular disease; understanding immunological mechanisms that underlie immunotherapy-associated adverse cardiac events.

Research Publications

The immune checkpoint regulator CD40 potentiates myocardial inflammation
Authors:

Jimenez J, Amrute J, Ma P, one or more additional authors omitted Lavine KJ

Journal & Year:

Nat Cardiovasc Res | 2025

CD40 is an immune checkpoint regulator that potentiates myocardial inflammation through activation and expansion of CCR2 + macrophages and CD8 T-cells
Authors:

Jimenez J, Amrute J, Ma P, one or more additional authors omitted Lavine KJ

Journal & Year:

bioRxiv | 2024

Expansion of Pathogenic Cardiac Macrophages in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis
Authors:

Ma P, Liu J, Qin J, one or more additional authors omitted Jimenez J, one or more additional authors omitted Lavine KJ

Journal & Year:

Circulation | 2024