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Pablo Leon, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Contact Information
PublicationsEducation
- 1979-82, University of Chicago, B.S., Biochemistry
- 1982-86, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, M.D.
Residencies
- 1986-89, University of Chicago, Resident, General Surgery
- 1989-91, University of Pennsylvania, Fellow, Surgical Oncology Research
- 1991-93, University of Chicago, Fellow, Surgery
- 1993-95, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Resident, Plastic Surgery
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1994
- American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1997
Clinical Expertise
- Head and Neck Reconstructive Microsurgery
Selected Publications
- Redmond HP, Hofmann K, Shou J, Leon P, Kelly CJ, Daly JM. Effects of laparotomy on systemic macrophage function. Surgery, Jun/1992;111(6):647-55.
- Inoue Y, Anthony J, Leon P, Young D. Acellular Human Dermal Matrix as a Small Vessel Substitute J Recon Micr Surg, 07/1996;12:307-311.
- Hansen SL, Leon P. Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity Seminars in Plastic Surgery, 2003;17:4.
- Fukaya E, Grossman RF, Saloner D, Leon P, Nozaki M, Mathes SJ. Magnetic resonance angiography for free fibula flap transfer. J Reconstr Microsurg, May/2007;23(4):205-11.
- Hansen SL, Foster RD, Dosanjh AS, Mathes SJ, Hoffman WY, Leon P. Superficial temporal artery and vein as recipient vessels for facial and scalp microsurgical reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg, December/2007;120(7):1879-84.
