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Peter D. Le Roux, MDAssociate 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 Email: peter.leroux@uphs.upenn.edu
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
Permanent linkDiplomat, American Board of Neurological Surgery (#97090) , 1997. Selected PublicationsBrewer 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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