Carrie-Anna Geisberg Lenneman, M.D., M.Sci.

Carrie Geisberg Lenneman, M.D., M.Sci Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Louisville Health Care Outpatient Center 401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310 Louisville, KY 40202 502-852-7959 - Academic Office 502-813-6500 - Patient Appointments

Clinical Expertise

General Cardiology; Cardio-Oncology; Heart Failure

Board Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Disease

Education and Training

• Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina

• Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

• Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

• MSCI: Vanderbilt University

Recent Publications

• Hill MF, Patel AV, Murphy A, Smith HM, Galindo CL, Pentassuglia L, Peng X, Lenneman CG, Odiete O, Friedman DB, Kronenberg MW, Zheng S, Zhao Z, Song Y, Harrell FE Jr, Srinivas M, Ganguly A, Iaci J, Parry TJ, Caggiano AO, Sawyer DB. Intravenous Glial Growth Factor 2 (GGF2) Isoform of Neuregulin-1β Improves Left Ventricular Function, Gene and Protein Expression in Rats after Myocardial Infarction. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e55741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055741. Epub 2013 Feb 21. PubMed PMID: 23437060; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3578842.

• Lenneman AJ, Wang L, Wigger M, Frangoul H, Harrell FE, Silverstein C, Sawyer DB, Lenneman CG. Heart transplant survival outcomes for adriamycin-dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Feb 15;111(4):609-12. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.10.048. Epub 2012 Nov 27. PubMed PMID: 23195041; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3563750.

• Geisberg CA, Abdallah WM, da Silva M, Silverstein C, Smith HM, Abramson V, Mayer I, Means-Powell J, Freehardt D, White B, Lenihan D, Sawyer DB. Circulating neuregulin during the transition from stage A to stage B/C heart failure in a breast cancer cohort. J Card Fail. 2013 Jan;19(1):10-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2012.11.006. PubMed PMID: 23273589; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3562720.

• Geisberg C, Pentassuglia L, Sawyer DB. Cardiac side effects of anticancer treatments: new mechanistic insights. Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2012 Sep;9(3):211-8. doi: 10.1007/s11897-012-0098-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 22752360.

• Geisberg CA, Wang G, Safa RN, Smith HM, Anderson B, Peng XY, Veerkamp B, Zhao DX, Blakemore D, Yu C, Sawyer DB. Circulating neuregulin-1β levels vary according to the angiographic severity of coronary artery disease and ischemia. Coron Artery Dis. 2011 Dec;22(8):577-82. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32834d3346. PubMed PMID: 22027878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3217257.

• Safa RN, Peng XY, Pentassuglia L, Lim CC, Lamparter M, Silverstein C, Walker J, Chen B, Geisberg C, Hatzopoulos AK, Sawyer DB. Neuregulin-1β regulation of embryonic endothelial progenitor cell survival. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2011 Apr;300(4):H1311-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01104.2009. Epub 2011 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 21239627; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3075022.

• Geisberg CA, Sawyer DB. Mechanisms of anthracycline cardiotoxicity and strategies to decrease cardiac damage. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2010 Dec;12(6):404-10. doi: 10.1007/s11906-010-0146-y. PubMed PMID: 20842465.

• Listerman J, Geisberg C, Nading MA, Goring J, Huang R, Butler J. Blunted hemodynamic response and reduced oxygen delivery with exercise in anemic heart failure patients with systolic dysfunction. Congest Heart Fail. 2007 Mar-Apr;13(2):71-7. PubMed PMID: 17396055.

• Butler J, Geisberg C, Howser R, Portner PM, Rogers JG, Deng MC, Pierson RN 3rd. Relationship between renal function and left ventricular assist device use. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 May;81(5):1745-51. PubMed PMID: 16631666.

• Geisberg C, Butler J. Addressing the challenges of cardiorenal syndrome. Cleve Clin J Med. 2006 May;73(5):485-91. Review. PubMed PMID: 16708717.