Cynara Leon
Instructor A of Pediatrics
Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Education:
BS
University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez Campus, 2011.
MPH
University of Puerto Rico, School of Public Health, 2012.
MD
Ponce Health Sciences University, 2016.
Permanent linkBS
University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez Campus, 2011.
MPH
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. Pediatr Pulmonol 60(3): e71025, 2025 Notes: 1002/ppul.71025.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, 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. Presented at ATS International Conference in Washington, DC 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. Pediatr Pulmonol 57(9): 2276- 2278, Sept 2022.
Leon CS, Allen JL: Lost in translation: Evaluating traditional Chinese medicine by western standards. Pediatr Investig 6(2): 144-146, June 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.
Acevedo-Díaz E, Caraballo- La Santa K, Crespo-Garay C, Feliciano-Fernández ML, González- Meléndez A, González-Morales L, León-Saavedra C, Licha-Soler N, Olivo-González A, Soto- Santiago M, Quiñones-Reyes F: Prevalence of bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis among the pediatric population residing in the communities adjacent to Caño Martín Peña. [unpublished MPH thesis]. University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology 2012.