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Stephen H. Leech, MD, PhD

 

Stephen H. Leech, MD, PhD

 

Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Telephone:  215-707-3415 or 215-707-1764

Pager: 215-363-4759

Fax:  215-707-2053

Email:  Stephen.Leech@tuhs.temple.edu

 

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 

Educational Background:

 

House Surgeon in Orthopaedics, 1965 - 1966              

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Scotland

 

Rotating Internship, 1966 - 1967

University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital

Knoxville, TN

 

House Physician, 1967

St. Mary's Hospital

Knoxville, TN

 

Resident, Internal Medicine, 1967 - 1970

University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic

 

Fellow, Allergy and Immunology, 1970 - 1972

Royal Victoria Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 

Clinical Research Fellow, 1972 - 1976

Tumour Immunology Unit

University College and Hospital

London, England

 

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research interests:

 

Immunogenetics; tumor and transplantation immunology.

 

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presentations:

 

Wynkoop W, Cordova F, Furukawa S, Chatila W, Leech S.H., Kuzma A, Criner G.J. Impact of a positive lymphocyte crossmatch at the time of lung transplantation.

Presented at the 2002 annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society.

 

Harwick, R., Leech S.H., Marks, A.D.  Diffuse (total replacing) Hurthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid with Grave’s disease: an aggressive type of thyroid tumor.  Accepted for oral presentation at the18th UICC International Cancer Congress. August, 2002, Oslo, Norway.

 

Ruggie-Check, C.E., Eisen, H.J., Leech S.H., Mather, P.J., Wald, J.W., Rubin, S., and Furukawa, S.  Neutropenic reactions to IVIg associated with anti-neutrophil antibody.  Presented at the  annual meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2004.

 

Mather, P.J., Sangrigoli, R., Furukawa, S., and Leech S.H. Leukocyte membrane protein CD69 as a non-invasive marker for cardiac allograft rejection.   Presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2004.

 

Leech, S.H., Rubin, S., Eisen, H.J., Mather, P.J., Furukawa, S., McClurken, J. Successful outcome after cardiac transplantation across a positive prospective crossmatch in highly sensitized recipients with left ventricular assist devices.  Presented at the combined annual meetings of the American Society for Transplantation and the Am Soc of Transplant Surgeons,Washington, DC., 2003.  Presented verbally at the SEOPF annual scientific session, New Orleans, September, 2002 and the 17th Annual Clinical Histocompatibility Workshop, Honolulu, HI, March 2003.

 

Leech, S.H., Lopez-Cepero, M., LeFor, W.M.  Plasmapheresis and IVIG in the Treatment of Sensitization of the Cardiac Recipient.  Presentated verbally at the annual meetings of the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Miami Beach, FL, October, 2003. Presented at the American Transplant Congress, Boston, May, 2004.

 

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PUBMED PUBLICATIONS :


Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

18599893. Georgakis A, Ener RA, Jin J, Kunapuli S, Fiss D, Leech SH, Wolf NM, Van Decker WA, Risk of thrombogenicity among nonionic radiocontrast agents. J Invasive Cardiol 20:7(349-53)2008 Jul

16842525. Leech SH, Lopez-Cepero M, LeFor WM, DiChiara L, Weston M, Furukawa S, Macha M, Singhal A, Wald JW, Nikolaidis LA, McClurken JB, Bove AA, Management of the sensitized cardiac recipient: the use of plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin. Clin Transplant 20:4(476-84)2006 Jul-Aug

12795663. Leech SH, Rubin S, Eisen HJ, Mather PJ, Goldman BI, McClurken JB, Furukawa S, Cardiac transplantation across a positive prospective lymphocyte cross-match in sensitized recipients. Clin Transplant 17 Suppl 9:(17-26)2003

9737494. Shapiro NI, Karras DJ, Leech SH, Heilpern KL, Absolute lymphocyte count as a predictor of CD4 count. Ann Emerg Med 32:3 Pt 1(323-8)1998 Sep

8996758. Leech SH, Mather PJ, Eisen HJ, Pina IL, Margulies KB, Bove AA, Jeevanandam V, Donor-specific HLA antibodies after transplantation are associated with deterioration in cardiac function. Clin Transplant 10:6 Pt 2(639-45)1996 Dec

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