Cynara Leon, MD, MPH
Instructor A of Pediatrics
Attending Physician, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor A of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biology)
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2011.
MPH (Public Health)
University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health, 2012.
MD
Ponce Health Sciences University, 2016.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2011.
MPH (Public Health)
University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health, 2012.
MD
Ponce Health Sciences University, 2016.
Selected Publications
Leon C, Kawatra P, Martin A, Aoyama B, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow SA: Outpatient Respiratory Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Children During the First 3 Years of Life. Pediatric Pulmonology 60(3): e71025, Mar 2025.Leon C, Martin A, Young LR, Aoyama BC, Rice JL, Kelchtermans J, Collaco JM, McGrath-Morrow SA: Outpatient inhaled corticosteroid use in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatric Pulmonology 59(11): 2815-2822, Nov 2024.
Leon C, Martin A, Collaco JM, Young LR, Aoyama B, Rice J, Camburn D, Zong Z, Li Y, Mcgrath- Morrow SA.: Frequency of Inhaled Corticosteroid Use and Diagnosis of Asthma in Formerly Preterm Children with a History of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. American Thoracic Society International Conference, Washington, DC, Poster May 2023.
Leon C, Tsukahara K, Boggs K, Phinizy P: Plastic bronchitis secondary to bocavirus in a previously healthy 4-year-old with negative lymphatic evaluation. Pediatric Pulmonology 57(9): 2276- 2278, Sep 2022.
Leon C, Allen JL: Lost in translation: Evaluating traditional Chinese medicine by western standards. Pediatr Investig 6(2): 144-146, Jun 2022.
Leon C, De Jesus Rojas W: ¡Eso a la boca no! Niños curiosos y objectos extraños. Revista Mi Pediatra 26: 32-33, Oct 2020.
Leon C, De Jesus Rojas W, Cuas Y, Mosquera R.: Digital Arteriovenous Malformation: An Extremely Rare Cause of Unidigital Clubbing in a Pediatric Patient. Presented at ATS International Conference Page: A5341-A5341, 2020 Notes: 10.1164/ajrccm- conference.2020.201.1_MeetingAbstracts.A5341.
Leon C, Camacho S, Ocasio C, Barron J, Garcia De Jesus R: Purulent pericarditis by Group A Streptococcus in a pediatric patient. Presented at 66th Annual Congress of Excellence in Pediatrics Puerto Rico Pediatric Society 2019.