BrianColwellJensenMD

Cardiology • Chapel Hill, NC

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UNC School of Medicine

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Office
160 Dental Circle, CB 7075
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone+1 919-966-5202

Summary

Brian Jensen, MD is a cardiology specialist based in Chapel Hill, NC, with a subspecialty in Heart Failure & Transplantation. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and his fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Jensen is experienced in echocardiography, heart failure and transplantation, cardio-oncology and cardiovascular genetics. He is a physician-scientist with a translational research program focused the molecular and pathophysiological basis of heart failure.

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2004 - 2008
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2001

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2004 - Present
NC State Medical License 2009 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2003 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Depressive symptoms are associated with clinical outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Andrew Sherwood, James A Blumenthal, Robert J Mentz, Gary G Koch, Joseph G Rogers
ESC Heart Failure. 2024-10-01
Novel Insights into Post-Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Remodeling through Algorithmic Detection of Cell-Type Composition Shifts.
Brian Gural, Logan Kirkland, Abbey Hockett, Peyton Sandroni, Jiandong Zhang
Biorxiv. 2024-08-10
Navigating cancer therapy induced cardiotoxicity: From pathophysiology to treatment innovations.
Jessica Tetterton-Kellner, Brian C Jensen, Juliane Nguyen
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 2024-08-01

Press Mentions

Amyloid Also Accumulates in Heart in Alzheimer'sNovember 28th, 2016

Grant Support

Alpha-1-Adrenergic Receptor Subtypes In The Cells Of The Human HeartNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2011