Jeffrey M. Isner, M.D. is a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and Chief of Vascular Medicine and Chief of Cardiovascular Research at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston. After Dr. Isner received his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine, he joined the Pathology Branch at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute before establishing the Cardiovascular Research Laboratories at St. Elizabeth's.

In 1994, Isner's team performed the first human cardiovascular arterial gene transfer. Subsequently, Isner's group has initiated human gene therapy trials for other forms of vascular disease.

Isner is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards for his work, including the Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award from Tufts University in 1996 and the MERIT Award from the NIH in 2000.

Isner is a Fellow of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American College of Cardiology, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology and Atherosclerosis of the American Heart Association. He is on the editorial boards of a number of peer-reviewed journals and currently serves on the Steering Committee of the NIH National Gene Vector Laboratories.