Associate Professor, Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Alan T. Lefor, MD
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Doctor Alan T. Lefor, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He researched medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Doctor Alan T. Lefor, MD is also a published doctor. He has 98 publication published. The most recent publication is: Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to post cholecystectomy biloma: case report and review of the literature.
Publications
- From the guest editors: robotic-assisted oncologic surgery: present status and future challenges.
- Nutrition support and cancer.
- Laparoscopic interventions in lymphoma management.
- Intra-abdominal extrahepatic disease in patients with colorectal hepatic metastases.
- Heterogeneity of lymphokine-activated killer cells induced by IL-2. Separate lymphoid subpopulations lyse tumor, allogeneic blasts, and modified syngeneic blasts.
- Carcinoma of the breast in men.
- Echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical treatment of postpartum pulmonary embolism.
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the umbilicus associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
- The specificity of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells in vitro: fresh normal murine tissues are resistant to LAK-mediated lysis.
- Surgery interns' experience with surgical procedures as medical students.
- Target cell membrane modification and susceptibility to lymphokine activated killer cell mediated lysis. I. Trinitrophenyl has no effect on murine normal cells and tum...
- Lymphocyte migration to tumors after hyperthermia and immunotherapy.
- Immediate mandibular stabilization following resection of advanced oral cavity carcinoma using the Joe Hall Morris external fixation device.
- Simplified gastrostomy tube placement in patients with head and neck malignancies.
- Postoperative follow-up of patients with colorectal cancer.
- Pancreatic complications following cardiopulmonary bypass. Factors influencing mortality.
- Signet-ring cell carcinoma component in primary lung adenocarcinoma: potential prognostic factor.
- Recurrence after polypectomy for a pedunculated polyp with subtle invasion but no unfavorable histology.
- The role of laparoscopy in the treatment of intra-abdominal malignancies.
- Perioperative management of the patient with cancer.
- SCARS: a personal-computer-based surgical case record system.
- Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to post cholecystectomy biloma: case report and review of the literature.
- Laparoscopic evaluation of lymphoma.
- Enhanced cytolytic activity of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) derived from an ICAM-1 transfected tumor in a murine model.
- Expression of ICAM-1 enhances in vivo lymphocyte adhesion in a murine fibrosarcoma.
- General management of gastrointestinal fistulas. Recognition, stabilization, and correction of fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
- Laparoscopic splenectomy in patients with hematologic diseases.
- ICAM-1 increases in vitro adhesion and cytotoxicity in a murine fibrosarcoma.
- Tumor necrosis factor alpha mediates the antitumor effect of combined interleukin-2 and whole body hyperthermia.
- Cutaneous melanoma in African-Americans.
- Multiple synchronous bilateral Warthin's tumors of the parotid glands with pleomorphic adenoma. Case report and review of the literature.
- Laparoscopic splenectomy in the management of immune thrombocytopenia purpura.
- Immunotherapy and whole-body hyperthermia as combined modality treatment of a subcutaneous murine sarcoma.
- Laparoscopic staging of Hodgkin''s disease.
- Combined hyperthermia and immunotherapy treatment of multiple pulmonary metastases in mice.
- Surgery interns and surgical procedures.
- Laparoscopic wedge biopsy of the liver.
- Target cell membrane modification and susceptibility to lymphokine-activated killer cell-mediated lysis. II. Sodium periodate has a differential effect on the lysis of...
- Local hyperthermia abrogates the anti-immunotherapeutic effect of interleukin-8.
- Hyperthermia increases intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression and lymphocyte adhesion to endothelial cells.
- Complications of indwelling venous access devices in cancer patients.
- Combined local hyperthermia and immunotherapy treatment of an experimental subcutaneous murine melanoma.
- Transfection of a murine fibrosarcoma with intercellular adhesion molecule-1 enhances the response to adoptive immunotherapy.
- Enhanced expression of ICAM-1 in a murine fibrosarcoma reduces tumor growth rate.
- Needle localization of occult breast lesions.
- The effects of hyperthermia on vascular permeability in experimental liver metastasis.
- Multiple malignancies of the lung and head and neck. Second primary tumor or metastasis?
- Factitious hypoglycemia associated with eosinophilic leukemoid reaction.
- Staging of patients with suspected isolated colorectal liver metastases.
- Effect of anti-B16 melanoma monoclonal antibody on established murine B16 melanoma liver metastases.
- Computerized tomographic prediction of extraluminal spread and prognostic implications of lesion width in esophageal carcinoma.
- Analysis of chromium-51 release assay data using personal computer spreadsheet software.
- Antitumor effect of recombinant tumor necrosis factor-alpha against murine sarcomas at visceral sites: tumor size influences the response to therapy.
- Safety of laparoscopic splenectomy in elderly patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with sarcomatous changes.
- Educational factors outweigh the importance of lifestyle factors for residency program applicants: an international comparative study.
- Pathogenicity of A600V variant in exon 12 of the MSH2 gene detected in a Japanese kindred with Lynch syndrome.
- Postoperative quality of life: development and validation of the "Dysfunction After Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery" scoring system.
- Laparoscopic-assisted proximal gastrectomy in an obese patient with gastric cancer and myasthenia gravis.
- Computational oncology.
- Recurrent invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast presenting as a metastasis to the duodenum with long-term survival.
- Internal hernia after laparoscopic gastric resection with antecolic Roux-en-Y reconstruction for gastric cancer.
- Biceps pulley: normal anatomy and associated lesions at MR arthrography.
- Postoperative weight loss does not resolve after esophagectomy despite normal serum ghrelin levels.
- Extent of gastric resection impacts patient quality of life: the Dysfunction After Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery for Cancer (DAUGS32) scoring system.
- Right anterior segmental hepatic duct emptying directly into the cystic duct in a living donor.
- Virtual enteroscopy using air as the contrast material: a preliminary feasibility study.
- Crohn's disease confined to the appendix.
- Pneumatosis intestinalis associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
- Intracranial hemorrhage associated with cerebrospinal fluid drainage during thoraco-abdominal aortic surgery.
- Successful treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with Fanconi anemia.
- Safe use of landiolol hydrochloride in a patient with marked pseudocholinesterase deficiency.
- Mannequin simulation improves the confidence of medical students performing tube thoracostomy: a prospective, controlled trial.
- Gasless laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction.
- Resolution of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis after resection of gastric cancer.
- Long-term oral polyamine intake increases blood polyamine concentrations.
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach with extremely slow-growing hematogenous metastasis.
- Evaluation of venous invasion by Elastica van Gieson stain and tumor budding predicts local and distant metastases in patients with T1 stage colorectal cancer.
- The effects of fasting and general anesthesia on serum chemistries in KCG miniature pigs.
- Esophagectomy and gastric pull-up in patients with previous free jejunal transfer.
- Colocutaneous fistula after left inguinal hernia repair using the mesh plug technique.
- Visceral obesity predicts surgical outcomes after laparoscopic colectomy for sigmoid colon cancer.
- Colonoscopic stigmata of 1 mm or deeper submucosal invasion in colorectal cancer.
- Factors affecting attrition in graduate surgical education.
- Technology and the prevention of surgical site infections.
- Implementation and evaluation of a once-daily amikacin dosing protocol in a long-term care facility.
- Scientific misconduct and unethical human experimentation: historic parallels and moral implications.
- Attitudes regarding surgeons'' attire.
- Total circulatory arrest for the replacement of the descending and thoracoabdominal aorta.
- Minimally invasive treatment of stomach cancer.
- The physiologic effects of laparoscopy: applications in oncology.
- Internet security and privacy protection for the health care professional.
- Wireless computing in health care.
- In vitro fertilization: who is in charge?
- Androgen blockade enhances response to melanoma vaccine.
- Octreotide in the treatment of lymphorrhea after axillary node dissection: a prospective randomized controlled trial.
- Route of nutrition support.
Schools
Upstate Medical University College of Health Professions
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Employer Group HMO
- Health Net PPO
- Individual and Family PPO
Education
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SUNY Upstate Medical University -
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center -
State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Hospital
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
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