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Luis R. Leon, Jr., MD

VASCULAR SURGEON
University of Arizona
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Tucson, Arizona, United States

Dr. Luis R Leon Jr. MD, RVT, FACS. Associate Professor, University of Arizona. Sonoran Vein And Endovascular - Vascular Surgery Staff

Dr. Leon attended the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University in Peru, obtaining his Medical degree in 1996. He received surgical training at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and San Joaquin General Hospital in California, from 1997 to 2003. Dr. Leon completed a Vascular Fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago in 2005. He has been certified by the American Board of Surgery in both General and Vascular Surgery. He has been a Registered Vascular Technologist since 2004 and became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 2008. Dr. Leon served as the Chief of Vascular Surgery at the VA Hospital in Tucson from 2005 until 2008.

Dr. Leon has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications and over 10 book chapters. He has given over 300 lectures both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Vascular Surgery and other peer-reviewed Journals. He is a member of several professional societies, including The Society for Vascular Surgery. Within these societies, he has served in several committees, including the American Venous Registry (AVR) – Venous Stent Committee, along with being a member of several industry-advisory boards. His academic productivity earned him several awards, including the very prestigious E.J. Wylie Traveling Fellowship Award in 2007 and an Associate Professor of Surgery degree at the University of Arizona, since April 2008.

He is a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at Tucson Medical Center, a Clinical Preceptor at the Midwestern and Franklin Pierce Universities, in Phoenix, and is a current member of the Adjunct Faculty Clinical Associate Professor of the Division of Clinical Education of the Andrew Taylor Still University (ATSU), School of Osteopathic Medicine of Arizona.

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