Dr. Sleeper graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School cum laude and after becoming board-certified worked in the university’s cardiology department until 2015. She is currently clinical professor of cardiology at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, and has published numerous peer-reviewed original papers, over 50 review papers or case reports, and four books. Her primary research interests include hereditary heart diseases, in particular inherited cardiomyopathies, comparative cardiology and therapeutic gene transfer.