Dr. Leipsic is a professor and chair of radiology and professor of cardiology at the University of British Columbia. Dr Leipsic is also a Canada Research Chair in Advanced Cardiopulmonary Imaging. Dr. Leipsic has over 800 peer-reviewed manuscripts in press or print, over 300 scientific abstracts, and is the editor of 2 textbooks. He is also past President of the Society of Cardiovascular CT (2015-2016) and was awarded its Gold Medal in 2019. He was recently named to the prestigious Top 1% Most Impactful Scientist designation by the Web of Science for four years in a row from 2019 to 2022.

In March 2024, Dr. Leipsic guest edited The Role of Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis of Cardiac Disease, a JSCAI special edition.