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Chris
Longenecker
MD

Chris Longenecker portrait
Faculty
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Professor, Medicine
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Director, Global Cardiovascular Health Program
Director, Harborview Medical Center HIV-Cardiology Clinic
Attending Physician
Sites of Practice
Harborview Medical Center

Contacts

Phone:
(206) 616-1159

Mailing Addresses:

University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street
Box 356422
Seattle, WA 98195-6422

Hans Rosling Center
3980 15th Ave NE, Room 721
Box 351620
Seattle, WA 98105

Non-Clinical Administrative Support Contact:
Aleisha Peresuh

For appointments or other clinical matters, please contact the Heart Institute.

About

Christopher T. Longenecker, MD is a non-invasive cardiologist and Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology and Department of Global Health at the University of Washington School of Medicine.  He is the inaugural Director of the Global Cardiovascular Health Program, a joint initiative of cardiology and global health.  Clinically, he attends on the Harborview cardiology consultative service and is director of a unique HIV-Cardiology clinic within the Madison Clinic at Harborview.

 

Dr. Longenecker’s research, which is primarily conducted in the USA and Uganda, focuses on mechanisms and prevention of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV, with a secondary focus on quality of care and outcomes for people living with rheumatic heart disease.  His research has been funded by the NIH, the American Heart Association, and Medtronic Philanthropy.  

 

Dr. Longenecker earned his medical degree from The Ohio State University.  He trained in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and cardiology at University Hospitals of Cleveland.  He was on faculty at Case Western Reserve University for 8 years before joining the University of Washington in November 2021.

Education & Training 

Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program

Harvard Medical School

2016

T32 Research Fellow

University Hospitals of Cleveland

2013

Chief Cardiology Fellow

University Hospitals of Cleveland

2012

Cardiology Fellowship

University Hospitals of Cleveland

2012

Internal Medicine

University of California, San Francisco

2009

MD

Ohio State University

2006

BA

Eastern Mennonite University

2001

Honors 

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Case Western Reserve University 

2020

Next Gen Innovator in Cardiology, Cardiology Today

2017

Faculty Research Mentorship Award, Case Western Reserve University

2016

Internal Medicine Clerkship Faculty Teaching Award, Case Western Reserve University

2013

Research Interests 

  • Global Health
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • Implementation Science

Clinical Interests 

  • Preventive Cardiology
  • HIV/AIDS

Publications

NCBI