Alex Leung, MD
Dr. Leung grew up in Denver, Colorado. He attended Boston University where he completed his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering. He continued to study at the Boston University School of Medicine where he earned his medical degree. Afterwards, he completed an integrated vascular surgery residency at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Dr. Leung’s comprehensive training gives him a wide array of vascular expertise. He is committed to finding the best solutions for patients with vascular disease and improving the lives of the patients he treats. In his time away from work he enjoys golfing, cooking, snowboarding and paddle boarding.
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Specialties:
- Complex Limb Salvage
- Abdominal Aneurysm Repair
- Hybrid Revascularization
- Device Discovery
Quick Facts:
- CO and WI State Medical License
- Member, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (2009 - Present)
Awards, Honors & Recognitions:
- Rikkers Resident Teaching Award (2019)
- Industrial Research Fellowship (2009)
Publications:
- Leung AD, Schiltz AM, Hall CF, Liu AH. Severe atopic dermatitis is associated with a high burden of environmental Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Exp Allergy 2008; 38: 789-793.
- Price GM, Wong KHK, Truslow JG, Leung AD, Acharya C & Tien J. Effect of mechanical factors on the function of engineered human blood microvessels in microfluidic collagen gels. Biomaterials; 2010, 31, 6182-6189.
- Leung AD, Wong KHK, Tien J. Plasma expanders stabilize human microvessels in microfluidic scaffolds. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A, 2012 Jul;100(7):1815-22.
- Moreira CC, Leung AD, Farber A., Rybin D., Doros G., Siracuse JJ, Kalish J., Eberhardt RT, Eslami MH. Alternative Conduit for Infrageniculate Bypass in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia. J Vasc Surg 2016. Jul 31;64(1):131-9
- Gansner JM*, Leung AD*, Superdock M, Blair MC, Ammerman MB, Durand EM, Barut B, Handin RI, Stachura DL, Lu C, Springer TA. Sorting zebrafish thrombocyte lineage cells with a Cd41 monoclonal antibody enriches hematopoietic stem cell activity. Blood. 2017 Mar; 129(10): 1394-1397 * First authors, Equal contribution
- Leung AD, Yamanouchi D. Osteoclastogenesis in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A New Therapeutic Target. Curr Drug Targets. 2018; 19(11): 1233-1240
- Leung AD, Yamanouchi D. Case report of in situ fenestration of the thoracic stent graft with reentry device in a patient with aortobronchial fistula. Medicine. 2018 Jun;97(24)
- Leung AD, Bartline PB, Acher CW, Yamanouchi D. Spinal Cord Ischemia Rescue after Hybrid Total Arch Repair with Frozen Elephant Trunk: A Case Report. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul; 66: 669 e5-e9