Jennifer H. Mieres

Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACC, FAHA, MASNC is an internationally recognized expert and leading advocate for women’s heart initiatives, wellness and diversity in healthcare. As an award-winning professor, author and media figure, she empowers women to take charge of their health through education and proactive partnerships.

For more than two decades, Dr. Mieres has focused on gender-specific cardiovascular research and raising awareness of a woman-centered holistic approach to heart health and wellness. She has shared her passion as a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association, as co-author of books including 2017’s Heart Smart for Women and through regular television appearances on programs such as Today Show, Good Morning America, and 20/20. In 2003, Dr. Mieres received an Emmy nomination for producing the PBS documentary, A Woman’s Heart. She went on to serve as executive producer of Rx: The Quiet Revolution and Rx: Doctors of Tomorrow, a set of healthcare documentaries that aired on PBS in 2015.

Dr. Mieres continues to make a profound impact every day as leader of Northwell Health’s Center for Equity of Care, where she oversees the Katz Institute for Women’s Health and all of Northwell’s health, wellness, community health education and healthcare access programs. Under her guidance as the organization’s first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, the institution has been recognized as a top employer for diversity and inclusion. She also currently serves on the faculty at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine.