Leadership
Editors in Chief
OpenSource: Cardiology was founded by two practicing cardiologists with a shared conviction: academic publishing in cardiology needed to be rebuilt from the ground up — open, equitable, and physician-led.
Dr. Brett W. Sperry
Dr. Brett Sperry is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Trained at Georgetown University and the Cleveland Clinic, his clinical expertise spans heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and cardiomyopathies including cardiac amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A researcher with a broad academic portfolio spanning cardiovascular imaging, nuclear cardiology, and heart failure therapeutics, Dr. Sperry co-founded OpenSource: Cardiology to dismantle a publishing model that burdens researchers with fees while denying reviewers the recognition they deserve. He leads the journal's editorial strategy and scientific direction.
Dr. John T. Saxon
Dr. John Saxon is Director of the Advanced Cardiac Valve Center at UVA Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia. He specializes in transcatheter valve repair and replacement — treating patients with complex structural heart disease, including severe valve conditions and congenital heart defects, without the need for open-heart surgery. Trained at the University of Mississippi (where he served as both chief resident and chief fellow) and at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in interventional and structural cardiology, Dr. Saxon co-founded OpenSource: Cardiology to give cardiologists around the world a publication venue that is as rigorous as it is accessible — free to publish, free to read, and genuinely rewarding to review.
