Department of Neurosurgery

Penn Neurosurgery
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Peter D. Le Roux, MD

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
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University Associate
Department: Neurosurgery

Contact information
Department of Neurosurgery
Pennsylvania Hospital
330 South 9th Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Office: 215-829-7072
Fax: 215-829-6645
Education
MB., ChB
University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1983.

University of Cape Town, South Africa , 1983.
MD
University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1995.
Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Surgery , University of Washington, Seattle, WA , 1985-1986.
Cerebrovascular Fellow , Dr. H. Richard Winn, University of Washington, Seattle, WA , 1993-1993.
Registrar, Neurosurgery , Atkinson Morley Hospital, Wimbledon, England, 1988-1989.
Intern in Medicine and Surgery , Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa , 1984-.
Research Fellow, Neuroscience , Dr. A. Prochiantz, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France , 1993-1994.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Biological Structure (Dr. T.A. Reh), University of Washington, Seattle, WA , 1991-1993.
Neurosurgery Resident , University of Washington, Seattle, WA , 1986-1993.
Senior House Officer , Neurology and Emergency Room Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa , 1985-.
Neurosurgery Chief Resident, University of Washington, Seattle, WA , 1990-1993.
Certifications
Diplomat, American Board of Neurological Surgery (#97090) , 1997.
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Selected Publications

Brewer GJ, Le Roux P: Human primary brain tumor cell death in serum-free medium optimized for neuron survival. Brain Res in press 2007 Notes: in press.

Pascual JL, Maloney-Wilensky E, Reilly PM, Sicoutris C, Keutmann MK, Stein S, Le Roux P, Gracias VH: The effect of an institutional pathway on TBI resuscitation with 7.5% hypertonic saline. J Trauma in press 2007 Notes: in press.

Stiefel MF, Zaghloul KA, Bloom S, Gracias VH, Le Roux P: Improved Cerebral Oxygenation following Inhaled Aerosolized Prostacyclin Therapy for Acute Lung Injury: A Case Report. J Trauma in press 2007 Notes: in press.

Monnerie H, Le Roux P: Reduced dendrite growth and altered glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) 65- and 67-kDa isoform protein expression from mouse cortical GABAergic neurons following excitotoxic injury in vitro. Experimental Neurology 205: 367-382, 2007.

Nagpal S, Halpern C, Sims C, Gracias V, Schuster J, Le Roux P, Levin J: Decompressive laparotomy to treat intractable cerebral hypoxia. J Trauma in press 2007.

Figaji AA, Fieggen AG, Sandler S, Argent AC, Le Roux PD, Peter JC. : Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Oxygenation Changes after Decompressive Craniectomy in a Child with Traumatic Brain Swelling. Childs Nervous System in press 2007.

Smith ML, Counelis GJ, Maloney-Wilensky E, Stiefel M, Donley K, Le Roux P: Brain tissue oxygen tension in clinical brain death: a case series. Neurological Research in press 2007 Notes: in press.

Elmariah SB, Huse J, Mason B, Le Roux P, Lustig RA.: Multicentric Glioblastoma Multiforme in a Patient with BRCA-1 Invasive Breast Cancer. Breast J 12(5): 470-4, 2006.

Stiefel MF, Udoetek J, Spiotta A, Gracias VH, Goldberg AH, Maloney-Wilensky E, Bloom S, Le Roux P: Conventional Neurocritical Care and Cerebral Oxygenation after Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurosurgery 105: 568-575, 2006.

Monnerie H, Le Roux P: Kainate-induced non-NMDA receptor activation enhances dendrite growth from mouse cortical neurons in vitro. J. Neurosci Res 83: 944-956, 2006.

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