Assistant Professor, Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Vascular Surgery

Luis R. Leon, MD practices Vascular Surgery. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". Luis R. Leon is a published MD as well. He has 49 publications published. The latest was: Aneurysmal degeneration of deep lower extremity vein conduits used for vascular reconstruction.

Publications

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• Aneurysmal degeneration of deep lower extremity vein conduits used for vascular reconstruction.
• Preliminary results of the initial United States experience with the Supera woven nitinol stent in the popliteal Artery.
• Diabetic limb salvage: too much of a good thing?
• Diagnosis and management of Aortic mycotic aneurysms.
• Delayed superficial femoral artery stent erosion and pseudoAneurysm following endovascular therapy for occlusive disease.
• Diagnosis and management of mycotic Aneurysms.
• Aortic stent-graft explantation in a kidney transplant recipient.
• Secondary chronic Venous disease progresses faster than primary.
• "Ghost" publications in residency applications from international medical graduates.
• Successful endovascular exclusion of a common iliac artery Aneurysm: off-label use of a reversed Cook Zenith extension limb stent-graft.
• Aortoiliac Aneurysm repair in kidney transplant recipients.
• The risks of celiac artery coverage during endoluminal repair of thoracic and thoracoAbdominal aortic aneurysms.
• Infrainguinal atherectomy: a retrospective review of a single-center experience.
• Superficial femoral artery Thrombosis as a cause for distal embolism in primary antiphospholipid syndrome.
• Comparison of the effects of open and endovascular Aortic aneurysm repair on long-term renal function using chronic kidney disease staging based on glomerular filtrati...
• Thrombosis in unusual sites of the lower extremity Veins.
• Contemporary outcomes after superficial femoral Artery angioplasty and stenting: the influence of TASC classification and runoff score.
• Aortofemoral graft limb-to-colon paraprosthetic fistula.
• The journey of a foreign-trained physician to a United States residency: controversies surrounding the impact of this migration to the United States.
• Probable zoonotic aortitis due to group C streptococcal infection.
• A diagnostic dilemma: does peri stent-graft air after thoracic Aortic endografting necessarily imply infection?
• Nonatherosclerotic pathology of the neck vessels: prevalence and flow patterns.
• Renovascular Disease among patients referred for renal duplex ultrasonography.
• A novel hybrid approach to the treatment of common iliac Aneurysms: antegrade endovascular hypogastric stent grafting and femorofemoral bypass grafting.
• Diabetic foot infections in older people with end-stage renal Disease: primary amputation versus "foot-sparing surgery".
• The journey of a foreign-trained physician to a United States residency.
• Patterns of Venous reflux and obstruction in patients with skin damage due to chronic Venous disease.
• Free-floating thrombus of the Carotid artery: literature review and case reports.
• Presentation of the patient with recurrent varices after surgery (REVAS).
• Excision of internal jugular Vein for catheter-related thrombophlebitis.
• Aortic endograft migration.
• Hemodynamic effects of intermittent pneumatic Compression in patients with critical limb ischemia.
• The Vascular surgeon's role in risk factor modification: results of a survey.
• To what extent has endovascular aneurysm repair influenced Abdominal aortic aneurysm management in the state of Illinois?
• Duplex evaluation of Venous insufficiency.
• Superficial Vein thrombosis and hypercoagulable states: the evidence.
• Portomesenteric reconstruction during Whipple procedures: review and report of a case.
• Endovascular common iliac Aneurysm exclusion with antegrade hypogastric artery flow preservation: a novel approach.
• Nontraumatic Aneurysms affecting crural arteries: case report and review of the literature.
• Diabetic foot infections in the elderly: primary amputation versus ''foot-sparing surgery''. A case report.
• Gram-negative groin sepsis treated with covered stents and systemic antibiotics.
• Are your arteries older than your age?
• Degenerative Aneurysms of the superficial femoral artery.
• Endovascular therapy of spontaneous aortocaval fistulae associated with Abdominal aortic aneurysms.
• Aortic paraprosthetic-colonic fistulae: a review of the literature.
• Infiltrating adenocarcinoma arising in a villous adenoma of the anal canal.
• Aortitis and bacterial endocarditis.
• Antegrade bowel intussusception after remote Whipple and Puestow procedures for treatment of pancreas divisum.

Schools

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• Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Facultad De Medicina Alberto Hurtado

• Harbor UCLA Med Center

• San Joaqum Genl Hospital

• Loyola University Med Center

Procedures Preformed

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• ArterioVenous Shunt Creation
• Carotid Artery Stent Placement
• Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) or Excision of Infected Graft
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
• Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Acute Venous Embolism Thrombosis
• Aortic Aneurysm
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Loyola University
• San Joaquin General Hospital
• Cayetano Heredia University

Hospital

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• TMC Healthcare

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