Cynara Leon, MD, MPH

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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
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.
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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.

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