• lester y. leung

    neurologist - writer - teacher

  • about me

    Lester Leung

    I am a Neurology resident, future Vascular Neurology fellow, and House Officer of a teaching hospital associated with Harvard Medical School. I am a clinician and primary Neurologist for my patients, a teacher and mentor for my students, and an investigator seeking to improve the medical care of patients with neurologic disease.

    I am a writer. My current project, Your Health, is a collection of educational materials for my patients to help them understand neurologic conditions. My previous longterm project was Apollo Medicinae Doctor, a weblog with practical wisdom for residents and students.

    Outside of medicine, I enjoy hiking throughout New England and other areas around the world with my wife. I am also an avid homebrewer.

  • my past

    Education: Harvard University (A.B. Biological Sciences), Tulane Univ. School of Medicine (M.D.)

    Pre-Professional Employment: The NEJM (summer intern), The Next Generation (founder, Editor-in-Chief), Harvard School of Public Health (research assistant), NIH (summer research fellow)

    Publications/Presentations:
    - Leung, LY et al. Microrheometric analysis of TGF-1beta and IL-1beta interactions in fibroblast collagen gels. FASEB, Jul 1, 2007; 21 (9).
    - Looze, C, Yui, D, Leung LY, et al. Proteomic profiling of human plasma exosomes identifies PPAR-gamma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, Jan 16, 2009; 278 (3).
    - Leung, LY et al. Safety of Clopidogrel Loading in Acute Stroke and TIA. AAN 2010.
    - Pletsch, G, Leung, LY et al. Selecting Discharge Antiplatelet Tx After Clopidogrel/Aspirin Loading. AAN 2010.
    - Rogers, S, Leung, LY et al. Patients with AIS/TIA Receive Antiplatelet Tx Earlier w/Loading Dose. AAN 2011.
    - Leung, LY et al. Short-term Bleeding Events Observed with Clopidogrel Loading in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients. Accepted in Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, February 2013.

  • social networks and other works

  • the future

    Objectives
    [ ] Teaching students better methods of differential diagnosis and approaches to treatment
    [ ] Developing resident teaching tools to facilitate teaching on the neurology ward
    [ ] Improving the general public's understanding of the brain and neurologic disorders

    Interests
    [ ] Stroke in young adults (ages 18-50): different treatment and diagnostic strategies, longterm medical management and rehabilitation
    [ ] Optimizing antithrombotic therapy for different stroke types for acute stroke treatment and prevention
    [ ] Quality impovement for health care delivery systems
    [ ] Digital networks connecting physicians and patients
    [ ] The detection, diagnosis, and management of posterior circulation strokes
    [ ] The crossover disease states between Neurology and Internal Medicine, particularly with vascular disease

  • contact

    Lester Y. Leung, M.D.

    Boston, MA, United States

    E-mail: lesterdropbox@gmail.com

    Please note that I do not provide medical advice over e-mail or other means of telecommunication for individuals who are not established patients in my practice. Any information provided on this site is for general educational purposes.