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Clinical Specialties
Vascular Surgery
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery: 2004
Registered Vascular Technolgy: 2004
American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery: 2006
Research
Clinical aspects of vascular disease, particularly aortic, carotid and venous disease
Languages
Spanish, English
Selected Publications
León LR, Ojeda H, León CR, Mills JL Sr., Psalms SB, Villar H. The journey of a foreign-trained physician to a US residency: Controversies surrounding their migration. J Am Coll Surg 2008 Jan; 206 (1): 171-176.
León LR, Psalms SB, Ihnat DM, Mills JL Sr. Aortofemoral graft limb-to-colon paraprosthetic fistula. J Vasc Surg 2008 Feb; 47(2):460.
León LR, Psalms SB, Mills JL, Taylor Z. Degenerative aneurysms of the superficial femoral artery. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2008 Mar; 35 (3): 332-340.
León LR, Psalms SB, Labropoulos N, Mills JL. Infected upper extremity aneurysms: A Review. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2008 Mar; 35 (3): 320-331.
León LR, Psalms SB, Ihnat DM, Becker GJ, Mills JL Sr. Endovascular common iliac aneurysm exclusion with antegrade hypogastric artery flow preservation: a novel approach. Vascular 2008 Apr; 16(2): 106-111.
Labropoulos N, Bekelis K, León LR. Natural history of deep vein thrombosis in unusual sites of the lower extremity. J Vasc Surg 2008 May;47 (5):1022-1027.
Ihnat DM, Duong ST, Taylor Z, León LR, Mills JL, Goshima K, Echeverri J, Arslan B. Contemporary outcomes after superficial femoral artery angioplasty and stenting”: the influence of TASC classification and runoff score. J Vasc Surg 2008 May;47 (5):967-974.
Mills JL, Duong ST, León LR, Goshima KR, Ihnat DM, Wendel CS, Gruessner A. Comparison of the effects of open and endovascular aortic aneurysm repair on long-term renal function using chronic kidney disease staging based on glomerular filtration rate. J Vasc Surg 2008 Jun;47 (6):1141-1149.
Awards and Honors
2004: Charles C Guthrie Award at the 28th Midwestern Vascular Surgery Society Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska, for the paper titled: León LR, Labropoulos N, Laredo J, Kalman PG. To what extent has EVAR influenced abdominal aortic aneurysm management in the state of Illinois?
2005: European Venous Forum First Prize at the 6th Annual Meeting, Crete, Greece (June 24-26th), for the paper titled: León LR et al. Natural history and early outcome of calf deep venous thrombosis.
2007: E.J. Wylie Traveling Fellowship Award, at the Society for Vascular Surgery Opening Ceremony, Baltimore, Maryland (June 7th) for further training in Endovascular Surgery. American Vascular Association.
2007: Finalist for the 2007 Frank Brown Berry Prize in Federal Medicine (U.S. Medicine- The Voice of Federal Medicine. August 2007; Vol.43: No. 8).
2008: European Venous Forum Third Prize at the 9th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain (June 26-28th), for the paper titled: León LR, et al. Progression of chronic venous disease in post-thrombotic limbs is more rapid when compared to primary. |
