Positions

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine (Lab)

One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

Fellowship at Hospital University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Trauma and Surgical Critical Care

Residency at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Rochester, MN

General Surgery

MD from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Rochester, MN

Certifications

Surgical Critical Care

American Board of Surgery

General Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Professional Interests

• Emergency General Surgery
• Trauma Surgery
• Damage Control Resuscitation for severe hemorrhage
• Surgical Critical Care

Professional Statement

Dr. Leonard completed her MD and PhD degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. She went on to complete her General Surgical Residency at Mayo Clinic and a fellowship in Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Leonard’s research focuses on immune dysfunction after traumatic injury, the role of the innate immune system in post traumatic acute lung injury, and the mechanisms of neutrophil activation and function.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Turnbull I, Fuchs A, Remy K, Kelly M, Frazier E, Ghosh S, Chang SW, Mazer M, Hess A, Leonard J, Hoofnagle M, Colonna M, Hotchkiss R "Dysregulation of the Leukocyte Signaling Landscape during Acute COVID-19." Res Sq.; Pubmed PMID: 33619472
• Leonard JM, Zhang CX, Lu L, Hoofnagle MH, Fuchs A, Clemens RA, Ghosh S, Hughes SW, Bochicchio GV, Hotchkiss R, Turnbull IR "Extrathoracic multiple trauma dysregulates neutrophil function and exacerbates pneumonia-induced lung injury." J Trauma Acute Care Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 34016916
• Turnbull IR, Mazer MB, Hoofnagle MH, Kirby JP, Leonard JM, Mejia-Chew C, Spec A, Blood J, Miles SM, Ransom EM, Potter RF, Gaut JP, Remy KE, Hotchkiss RS "IL-7 Immunotherapy in a Nonimmunocompromised Patient With Intractable Fungal Wound Sepsis." Open Forum Infect Dis.;
• Mark H. Hoofnagle, Annie Hess, Margaret Nalugo, Sarbani Ghosh, Shin-Wen Hughes, Anja Fuchs, John Welsh, Mark Kahn, Grant V Bochicchio, Jennifer M. Leonard, Gwendalyn J Randolph, Isaiah R Turnbull "Defects In Vein Valve Antithrombotic PROX1/FOXC2 Pathway in Epithelial Cells Drives the Hypercoagulable State Induced by Trauma and Critical Illness." J Trauma Acute Care Surgery.;

Memberships

American College of Surgeons