Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine

Neurosurgery

Dr. Jeffrey R. Leonard practices Neurosurgery. He studied medicine at University of Washington School of Medicine. He has 2 awards "Top MD" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Jeffrey Leonard is a published doctor. He published 46 publications, including: 'Mouse low-grade gliomas contain cancer stem cells with unique molecular and functional properties.'

Publications

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• Mouse low-grade gliomas contain Cancer stem cells with unique molecular and functional properties.
• Surgical management of complex multiloculated Hydrocephalus in infants and children.
• Management of Atypical Cranial Meningiomas, Part 1: Predictors of Recurrence and the Role of Adjuvant Radiation After Gross Total Resection.
• Management of Atypical Cranial Meningiomas, Part 2: Predictors of Progression and the Role of Adjuvant Radiation After Subtotal Resection.
• Management of children with mild traumatic Brain injury and intracranial hemorrhage.
• Recurrent somatic mutations in ACVR1 in pediatric midline high-grade Astrocytoma.
• External validation of the Chicago Chiari Outcome Scale.
• Greater Extent of Resection Improves Ganglioglioma Recurrence-free Survival in Children: A Volumetric Analysis.
• Spinal cord injury without radiologic abNormality in children imaged with magnetic resonance imaging.
• Antiangiogenic agents for nonmalignant Brain tumors.
• Mortality in severe traumatic Brain injury - Authors' reply.
• Biopsy of the Superficial Cortex: Predictors of Effectiveness and Outcomes.
• BRAF(V600E) mutation is a negative prognosticator in pediatric ganglioglioma.
• Multifunctional Hierarchically Assembled Nanostructures as Complex Stage-Wise Dual-Delivery Systems for Coincidental Yet Differential Trafficking of siRNA and Paclitaxel.
• Surgical management of symptomatic Chiari II malformation in infants and children.
• Somatic neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) inactivation characterizes NF1-associated pilocytic Astrocytoma.
• Effect of implementation of a paediatric neurocritical care programme on outcomes after severe traumatic Brain injury: a retrospective cohort study.
• Alterations in cerebral oxygen metabolism after traumatic Brain injury in children.
• Radiation therapy for pilocytic Astrocytomas of childhood.
• Patients with Chiari malformation Type I presenting with acute neurological deficits: case series.
• Glioblastoma in Children: A Single-Institution Experience.
• Postoperative imaging surveillance in pediatric pilocytic Astrocytomas.
• Rosette-forming glioneuronal Tumors of the posterior fossa.
• Histopathologic predictors of pilocytic Astrocytoma event-free survival.
• 19F- and fluorescently labeled micelles as nanoscopic assemblies for chemotherapeutic delivery.
• Use of thalidomide to diminish growth velocity in a life-threatening congenital intracranial hemangioma.
• Long-term outcome in children treated for Craniopharyngioma with and without radiotherapy.
• Pseudotumor cerebri following tapered corticosteroid treatment in an 8-month-old infant.
• Physician agreement with evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of severe traumatic Brain injury in children.
• Distinct genetic signatures among pilocytic astrocytomas relate to their Brain region origin.
• Pediatric neurosurgical injuries associated with all-terrain vehicle accidents: a 10-year experience at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
• Simultaneous image-guided and endoscopic navigation without rigid cranial fixation: application in infants: technical case report.
• Pediatric atlantoaxial fixation with bilateral, crossing C-2 translaminar screws. Technical note.
• Early programmable valve malfunctions in pediatric Hydrocephalus.
• Use of rapid-sequence magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of Hydrocephalus in children.
• Orthopedic surgery after selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic diplegia in relation to ambulatory status and age.
• Incidental pediatric intraparenchymal xanthogranuloma: case report and review of the literature.
• Postoperative radiation therapy for grade II and III intracranial ependymoma.
• Strain-dependent neurodevelopmental abNormalities in caspase-3-deficient mice.
• PDE7B Is a Novel, Prognostically Significant Mediator of Glioblastoma Growth Whose Expression Is Regulated by Endothelial Cells.
• Factors associated with cervical Spine injury in children after blunt trauma.
• Mixed glioneuronal Tumors of the spinal cord in two children.
• Cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure in children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts: a review.
• The efficacy of radiation therapy in the management of grade I Astrocytomas.
• Implementation and preliminary clinical experience with the use of ceiling mounted mobile high field intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging between two operating ro...

Schools

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• University of Washington

• Barnes Jewish Hospital S Campus

• St Louis Childrens Hospital

• Washington UB JhSlch Conc

Procedures Preformed

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• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
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Conditions Treated

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• Acoustic Neuroma
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Pathway X Tiered Hosp/Ind Direct Access OH
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Blue Preferred Plus POS
• Blue Preferred Select
• Assurant Health
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• Group Employees PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• LocalPlus
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Coventry Health Care of Illinois PPO
• Health and Life PPO
• Platinum PPO
• Coventry Health Care of Missouri PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Golden Rule
• HealthLink PPO
• Homestate Health Plan
• Choice Care PPO
• Medicaid
• Medical Mutual of Ohio POS
• Medicare MCR
• Molina
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Mutual of Omaha
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Top MD
• Fellow (FAANS)

Education

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• Washington University
• Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• University of Washington School of Medicine

Hospital

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• St. Louis Children's Hospital
• Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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