image: Barbara Casadei, M.D., D.Phil., FRCP, FMedSci, FESC, has been named the Editor in Chief of JAMA Cardiology. Dr. Casadei will assume the role of editor in chief of JAMA Cardiology in early 2026.
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Chicago, August 28, 2025 — Barbara Casadei, M.D., D.Phil., FRCP, FMedSci, FESC, Head of the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) and British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Imperial College London has been appointed as the next Editor in Chief of JAMA Cardiology. Dr. Casadei will assume the role of editor in chief of JAMA Cardiology in early 2026.
Dr. Casadei will succeed Robert Bonow, MD, MS, who is the founding editor in chief of JAMA Cardiology and the Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
With extensive experience in cardiovascular research, Dr. Casadei leads a “bench to bedside” research program with a focus on common cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Dr. Casadei founded and co-chaired EuroHeart, an initiative supported by the European Society of Cardiology dedicated to assessing and improving quality of cardiovascular care in Europe. She is also the principal investigator of a cardiac monitoring study involving more than 35,000 participants in the UK Biobank imaging cohort, exploring the impact of clinically silent arrhythmias on AI-derived imaging parameters, cognitive decline, and the risk of cardioembolic stroke.
A leader in her field, Dr. Casadei serves on the boards of the Leducq Foundation in the US, Novo Nordisk Foundation in Denmark, Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, and CADENCE in Singapore. She holds honors from the British Cardiovascular Society (The Mackenzie Medal) and the European Society of Cardiology (Gold Medal). She is a past President of the European Society of Cardiology (2018-20).
Dr. Casadei holds a medical degree from the University of Pavia in Italy and a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where she is currently a Visiting Professor.
“I am honored to lead this prestigious journal together with a talented and energetic team,” said Dr. Casadei. “Our goals are to broaden the journal’s global impact, anticipate and drive the evolution of cardiology, and inspire and educate the next generation of health care professionals.”
JAMA Cardiology is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on cardiovascular medicine and surgery and is a member of the JAMA Network family of journals that includes JAMA and 11 other journals. JAMA Cardiology has a wide reach with more than 6 million annual article views and downloads. The Journal Impact Factor is 14.1, one of the highest ranking among cardiology journals.
“Dr. Casadei’s appointment marks our commitment to expanding the global reach and impact of JAMA Cardiology as a leading international cardiology journal,” said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S., Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network. “Dr. Casadei is an internationally recognized leader with extensive expertise, and I am excited to collaborate with her and build on the journal’s strong foundation established by its founding Editor in Chief Dr. Robert Bonow. I sincerely thank Dr. Bonow and his team of extraordinary editors and editorial board members for their vision in launching JAMA Cardiology and ensuring its remarkable success.”
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