Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. Peter D. Leroux, MD
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Peter Leroux practices Neurosurgery. He over the years received 23 awards: "Regional Top Doctor", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "US News and World Report's 'Top Doctors'", "Who's Who in the World", "Best Doctors in America", "Americas Top Surgeons", "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare", "Whos Who in Science and Engineering", "Who's Who in Medical Sciences Education", "Whos Who in America", "Whitehead Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences", "Clinical Investigator Development Award", "Faculty Fellowship", "Young Neurosurgeon Award", "Charles Elsberg Neurosurgery Fellowship", "Resident Award, Runner-up", "Brain Trauma Foundation Award", "Upjohn Education Fellowship", "New Medico Education Travel Grant", "Fornman Prize", "Chief Scout Award", "Edwin Swales Scholarship" and "Senator F.S. Malan Scholarship". Peter Leroux is a published doctor and has 78 publications published. The lastest was: 'Distribution of somatostatin receptors in the adult human brainstem.' Doctor Peter D. Leroux, MD accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Multidisciplinary Consensus on Assessment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: Proposal of an International Research Group.
- Human Albumin Administration in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Results of an International Survey.
- Brief report: a comparison of clinical and research practices in measuring Cerebral perfusion pressure: a literature review and practitioner survey.
- Response of Brain Oxygen to Therapy Correlates with Long-Term Outcome After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
- Iatrogenic vascular complications associated with external ventricular drain placement: a report of 8 cases and review of the literature.
- Physiological monitoring of the severe traumatic Brain injury patient in the intensive care unit.
- Haemoglobin management in acute Brain injury.
- Intramedullary injection of contrast into the Cervical spinal cord during Cervical myelography: a case report.
- Three-dimensional bone-free rendering of the Cerebral circulation by use of computed tomographic angiography and fuzzy connectedness.
- Repeated computerized tomography scans.
- Cerebral cortical oxygenation: a pilot study.
- Cerebral oxygenation following decompressive hemicraniectomy for the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension.
- Relationship between intracranial pressure and other clinical variables in patients with Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- The effect of nimodipine on Cerebral oxygenation in patients with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Dural cavernous angioma of the posterior sagittal sinus: case report.
- Reduced mortality rate in patients with severe traumatic Brain injury treated with Brain tissue oxygen monitoring.
- Multimodality monitoring in the management of refractory intracranial hypertension: a case report.
- Intra-arterial papaverine used to treat cerebral vasospasm reduces Brain oxygen.
- Vasospasm as the sole cause of Cerebral ischemia: how strong is the evidence?
- Human primary Brain tumor cell growth inhibition in serum-free medium optimized for neuron survival.
- Brain tissue oxygen tension in clinical Brain death: a case series.
- Improved Cerebral oxygenation after high-dose inhaled aerosolized prostacyclin therapy for acute lung injury: a case report.
- Admission angiographic cerebral circulation time may predict subsequent angiographic vasospasm after Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Evaluating middle Cerebral artery collateral blood flow reserve using acetazolamide transcranial Doppler ultrasound in patients with carotid occlusive disease.
- Resuscitation of hypotensive head-injured patients: is hypertonic saline the answer?
- Does adherence to treatment targets in children with severe traumatic Brain injury avoid Brain hypoxia? A Brain tissue oxygenation study.
- Acute clinical grading in pediatric severe traumatic Brain injury and its association with subsequent intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure, and Brain oxy...
- Barbiturate infusion for intractable intracranial hypertension and its effect on Brain oxygenation.
- Decompressive laparotomy to treat intractable Cerebral hypoxia.
- Acute lung injury is an independent risk factor for Brain hypoxia after severe traumatic Brain injury.
- Limitations of Threshold-Based Brain Oxygen Monitoring for Seizure Detection.
- Reduced Brain tissue oxygen in traumatic Brain injury: are most commonly used interventions successful?
- Brain hypoxia is associated with short-term outcome after severe traumatic Brain injury independent of intracranial hypertension and low cerebral perfusion pressure.
- The first neurocritical care research conference: a great starting point.
- Brain tissue oxygen and outcome after severe traumatic Brain injury: a systematic review.
- Detection of Cerebral compromise with multimodality monitoring in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Successful management of refractory intracranial hypertension from acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a woman with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.
- Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage: time for a new world of thought.
- Brain oxygen tension and outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Multicentric glioblastoma multiforme in a patient with BRCA-1 invasive breast Cancer.
- Brain tissue oxygen practice guidelines using the LICOX CMP monitoring system.
- Effect of mannitol and hypertonic saline on cerebral oxygenation in patients with severe traumatic Brain injury and refractory intracranial hypertension.
- Intraoperative angiography and temporary balloon occlusion facilitating surgical obliteration of a Traumatic carotid cavernous fistula: a case report.
- Research priorities in neurocritical care.
- Symptomatic Cerebral vasospasm following tumor resection: report of two cases.
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage in blunt head trauma: an analysis of 43 cases.
- Adult growing skull Fracture mimicking a skull tumor.
- CT infusion scanning for the detection of cerebral Aneurysms.
- Resolution of an actinomycotic abscess with nonsurgical treatment: case report.
- Correlation of intraoperative ultrasound tumor volumes and margins with preoperative computerized tomography scans. An intraoperative method to enhance tumor resection.
- Anterior circulation Aneurysms: improvement in outcome in good-grade patients 1983-1993.
- A comparison between preoperative magnetic resonance and intraoperative ultrasound tumor volumes and margins.
- Cerebral metastases from ovarian carcinoma.
- Intracranial Pressure monitoring in fulminant hepatic failure and liver transplantation.
- Tuberculosis of the skull--a rare condition: case report and review of the literature.
- Vancomycin pharmacokinetics in hydrocephalic shunt prophylaxis and relationship to ventricular volume.
- Lipomatous meningioma--an uncommon tumor with distinct radiographic findings.
- The risks of metastases from shunting in children with primary central Nervous system tumors.
- Surgical decompression without transposition for ulnar neuropathy: factors determining outcome.
- Ontogenic study of the influence of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in neonatal excitotoxic Brain insult and the subsequent microglia/macrophage activation.
- Resection of intrinsic tumors from nondominant face motor cortex using stimulation mapping: report of two cases.
- Rheumatoid Disease of the CNS with meningeal vasculitis presenting with a seizure.
- Distribution of somatostatin receptors in the adult human Brainstem.
- Localization and identification of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) in the frog Brain.
- alpha-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) release from perifused rat hypothalamic slices.
- Effect of hypophysectomy and pituitary stalk transection on alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-like immunoreactivity in the Brain of the frog, Rana ridibunda Pallas.
- Expression of somatostatin receptors is impaired in the cerebellum of developing Brattleboro rats.
- Transient expression of somatostatin receptors in the rat cerebellum during development.
- Localization and characterization of Brain somatostatin receptors as studied with somatostatin-14 and somatostatin-28 receptor radioautography.
- Somatostatin receptors in the human cerebellum during development.
- Intra and juxtavagal paraganglia: a topographical, histochemical, and ultrastructural study in the human.
- [Venous thromboembolism in the elderly: Results of a program to improve prevention].
- Role of tissue-plasminogen activator (t-PA) in a mouse model of neonatal white matter lesions: interaction with plasmin inhibitors and anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Methylphenidate and MK-801, an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist: shared biological properties.
- Beyond anticipatory guidance. Parenting and the family life cycle.
- Displaceable somatostatin binding sites in the gray matter and pyramidal paths of the human developing Spinal cord.
- The allele-specific probe and primer amplification assay, a new real-time PCR method for fine quantification of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in pooled DNA.
Schools
University Of Cape Town Faculty Of Health Sciences
University Of Cape Town
Atkinson Morley Hospital
University Washington
Ecole Normale Superieure
Procedures Preformed
- CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
- Herniated Disc Surgery
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Conditions Treated
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- US News and World Report's 'Top Doctors'
- Who's Who in the World
- Best Doctors in America
- America’s Top Surgeons
- Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
- Who's Who in Medical Sciences Education
- Who’s Who in America
- Whitehead Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
- Clinical Investigator Development Award
- Faculty Fellowship
- Young Neurosurgeon Award
- Charles Elsberg Neurosurgery Fellowship
- Resident Award, Runner-up
- Brain Trauma Foundation Award
- Upjohn Education Fellowship
- New Medico Education Travel Grant
- Fornman Prize
- Chief Scout Award
- Edwin Swales Scholarship
- Senator F.S. Malan Scholarship
Education
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University of Washington -
University of Cape Town Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -
Pennsylvania Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1306882279 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LEROUX | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | PETER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 191063519 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 88.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 17.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 19.32 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1306882279 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LEROUX |
| First Name Of The Provider | PETER |
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