Ashleigh Long

Personal History

Dr Ashleigh Amanda Long was born in 1981 and is from Lexington, Kentucky.¹ Her interests are advanced heart failure, interventional cardiology, clinical trials and patient safety.³

Academic History

In 2010, Dr Long completed her PhD in Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.^{2, 4} She graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 2015 and did her Residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School.^{3, 5}

Career Overview

Dr Long is currently a Cardiovascular Disease Fellow at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and was previously affiliated with Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA.

She was Chief Resident of Quality and Safety at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a competitive a national program dedicated to systemic quality improvement initiatives in the Veterans Affairs medical system.^{1, 2} She was also Resident Physician at Eastern Virginia Medical School, a Fellow at National Institutes of Health (NIH) and an HHMI fellow.^{1, 2}

Dr Long has many years of experience in both bench and clinical research, trial design, statistics and successful grant writing. She has been directly involved in the teaching and mentoring of hundreds of students of all ages, backgrounds and specialties, from middle school magnet and STEM students to senior internal medicine residents.²

Career Timeline

• Previous: Chief Resident of Quality and Safety, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Previous: Division of Cardiology, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA
• Present: Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

Areas of Speciality

• Internal medicine
• Advanced heart failure
• Interventional cardiology

Sources

1. https://www.facebook.com/a.ashleighlong
2. https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/CRT2021/fsPopup.asp?efp=R1pDRExEUEYxMzk0MQ&PresenterID=1032699&rnd=0.4129678&mode=presenterinfo 
3. https://health.usf.edu/medicine/internalmedicine/cardiology/fellowships/fellows/year-1-fellows 
4. https://catalog.library.vanderbilt.edu/discovery/fulldisplay/alma991039522939703276/01VAN_INST:vanui 
5. https://doctor.webmd.com/doctor/ashleigh-long-622450b6-d96d-44d2-aeab-ed5c1ea13ea3-overview