| Continuing Education |
| May 2010 |
American Society of Neuroradiology - Boston, Massachusetts |
| July 2009 |
World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology - Montreal, Quebec |
| September 2008 |
Interventional Neuroradiology Symposium - Toronto, Ontario |
| April 2008 |
Canadian Association of Radiologists - Ottawa, Ontario |
| June 2007 |
American Society of Neuroradiology - Chicago, Illinois |
| November 2006 |
Radiological Society of North America - Chicago, Illinois |
| May 2006 |
American Society of Neuroradiology - San Diego, California |
| May 2005 |
American Society of Neuroradiology - Toronto, Ontario |
| November 2004 |
Radiological Society of North America - Chicago, Illinois |
| November 2001 |
Radiological Society of North America - Chicago, Illinois |
| June 2001 |
Canadian Association of Radiologists - Vancouver, BC |
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| Awards, Honours, Fellowships, Scholarships |
| 2010 |
Residents' Choice Teacher of the Year Award - Department of Medical Imaging, University of Western Ontario |
| 2009 & 2010 |
Residents' Appreciation Award - Department of Medical Imaging, University of Western Ontario |
| 2008 |
CHAR/GE Healthcare Development Award - Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for Disc Herniation, Department of Radiology, University of Alberta |
| 2008 |
Faculty Development Mini Fellowship Award - Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for Disc Herniation, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario |
| 2005 - 2009 |
USC Teaching Honour Roll Certificate - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario |
| 2004 |
Fellow Teaching Award - School of Medicine, Northwestern University |
| 2002 |
PSI Resident Research Award - Queen's University |
| 2002 |
Roentgen Resident Research Award - Research & Education Foundation, Radiological Society of North America |
| Publications |
| 2010 |
Residents' Choice Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Western Ontario |
| 2010 |
Residents' Appreciation Award, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Western Ontario |
| 2009 |
Residents' Appreciation Award, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Western Ontario |
| 2008 |
CHAR/GE Healthcare Development Award, Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for Disc Herniation, Department of Radiology, University of Alberta |
| 2008 |
Faculty Development Mini Fellowship Award, Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for Disc Herniation, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario |
| 2005 - 2009 |
USC Teaching Honour Roll Certificate, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario |
| 2004 |
Fellow Teaching Award, School of Medicine, Northwestern University |
| 2002 |
PSI Resident Research Award, Queen's University |
| 2002 |
Roentgen Resident Research Award, Research & Education Foundation, Radiological Society of North America |
| 1992 - 1994 |
Dean's Honour Roll, Faculty of Engineering, Queen's University |
| 1993 |
James Rattray Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering, Queen's University |
| 1991 |
Anniversary Scholarship, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Queen's University |
| Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals |
| 1. |
Leung A, Islam O. Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage. eMedicine Journal [serial online]. 2001. Available at: www.emedicine.com/radio/topic305.htm |
| 2. |
Morley-Forster PK, Abotaiban A, Ganapathy S, Moulin DE, Leung A, Tsui B. Targeted Epidural Blood Patch Placed Under Electrical Stimulation Guidance (Tsui Test) in a Patient with Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension. Can J Anesth 2006; 53:375-379 |
| 3. |
Edris F, Kerner CM, Feyles V, Leung A, Power S. Successful Management of an Extensive Intracranial Sinus Thrombosis in a Patient Undergoing IVF: Case Report and Review of Literature. Fertil Steril. 2007; 88(3):705.e9-14 |
| 4. |
Lownie SP, Bussiere M, Pelz D, Gulka I, Lee, D, Leung A. Primary Carotid Stenting for Carotid Stenosis. Letter to the Editor of AJNR, Submitted April 30, 2008 |
| 5. |
Ozdemir O, Bussiere M, Leung A, Gulka I, Lee D, Chan R, Spence D, Pelz D. Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis of Occluded Middle Cerebral Artery by Use of Collateral Pathways in Patients with Tandem Cervical Carotid Artery/Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion. Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Sep; 29(8):1596-600 |
| 6. |
Ozdemir O, Leung A, Bussiere M, Hachinski V, Pelz D. Hyperdense internal carotid artery sign: a CT sign of acute ischemia. Stroke. 2008 Jul; 39(7):2011-6 |
| 7. |
Bussiere M, Pelz DM, Kalapos P, Lee D, Gulka I, Leung A, Lownie SP. Results using a self-expanding stent alone in the treatment of severe symptomatic carotid bifurcation stenosis. J Neurosurg. 2008 Sep; 109(3):454-60 |
| 8. |
Dulay D, Gould PA, Leung A, Krahn AD. Images in cardiovascular medicine. A sensitive dissection: profound bradycardia complicating carotid dissection. Circulation. 2008 Sep; 118(11):e152-3 |
| 9. |
Bussiere M, Lownie SP, Lee D, Gulka I, Leung A, Pelz DM. Hemodynamic instability during carotid artery stenting: the relative contribution of stent deployment versus balloon dilation. J. Neurosurg. 2009 May; 110(5):905-12 |
| 10. |
Leung A, Shoesmith C, Bussiere M. The "Happy Thrombus" Sign. Can J Neurol Sci. 2009 Sep; 36(5):648-50 |
| 11. |
Fanous R, Karlik S, Leung A. Quantitative Assessment of the Superior Sagittal Sinus on Unenhanced Computed Tomography. Eur J Radiol. 2010 Sep; 75(3):336-42 |
| 12. |
Wiebe E, Cozzi L, Yartsev S, Fogliata A, Clivio A, Vanetti E, Nicolini G, Leung A, Chen A, Bauman G. Hippocampus Avoidance with Fan Beam and Volumetric Arc Radiotherapy for Base of Skull Tumors. J Radiotherapy Practice. 2010; 9:87-98 |
| 13.. |
Kasravi N, Leung A, Silver I, Burneo J. Internal Carotid Artery Dissection causing Horner's syndrome and Cranial Nerve XII Palsy. CMAJ. 2010 Jun 15; 182(9):E373-7 |
| 14.. |
Moukarbel RV, Fung K, Franklin J, Leung A, Rastogi R, Anderson C, Yoo J. Neck and Shoulder Disability Following Reconstruction With the Pectoralis Major Pedicled Flap. Laryngoscope. 2010; 120:1129-1134 |
| 15. |
Brandt M, Husein M, Matic D, Leung A, Wehrli B, Welch I, Ho D, Kassam Z, Silver I, Doyle P. Atrophy Amongst Mucosa-Only versus Muscular-Mucosa Superiorly Based Pharyngeal Flaps: A Pilot Animal Study. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2010; 125:1679-84 |
| 16. |
Eskander MG, Leung A, Lee D. Style and content of CT and MR imaging lumbar spine reports: radiologist and clinician preferences. AJNR. 2010 Nov; 31(10):1842-7 |
| 17. |
Ying I, Saposnik G, Vermeulen MJ, Leung A, Ray JG.Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Acute Ischemic Stroke. Epidemiology 2011 Jan; 22(1):129-30 |
| 18. |
Kitzler HH, Su J, Zeineh M, Harper-Little C, Leung A, Kremenchutzky M, Deoni SC, Rutt BK. Deficient MWF mapping in multiple sclerosis using 3D whole-brain multi-component relaxation MRI. Neuroimage. 2012 Feb 1; 59(3)2670-7 |
| 19. |
Rizek P, Seitelbach M, Alturkustani M, Leung A, Fraser JA. Sellar and parasellar intravascular lymphoma mimicking pituitary apoplexy. J Neuroophthalmol. 2012 Mar; 32(1):33-7 |
| 20. |
Lee SY, Landis MS, Ross IG, Goela A, Leung A. Extraspinal Findings at Lumbar Spine CT Examinations: Prevalence and Clinical Importance. Radiology. 2012 March [Epub ahead of print] |
| Abstracts/Oral Presentations |
| 1. |
Cataudella J, Leung A, Arnold R, Soboleski D, Clarke M. Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Very Low Birthweight Infants Related to Cranial Ultrasound Findings. 78th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Paediatric Society, Vancouver, BC. June 2001. |
| 2. |
Leung A, Cataudella J, Arnold R, Clarke M, Soboleski D. The Value of Serial Neurosonograms on Premature Infants in Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcome. 64th Canadian Association of Radiologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, BC. September 2001. |
| 3. |
Nazareno J, Leung A. Embolization for epistaxis: our experience with 120 patients. 2nd London Imaging Discovery, June 2007. |
| 4. |
Brandt M, Husein M, Leung A, Doyle P, Wehrli B, Welch I, Matic D. Atrophy Amongst Mucosa-Only versus Muscular-Mucosa Superiorly Based Pharyngeal Flaps: A Pilot Animal Study. 34th Annual Residents' Research Day, Department of Otolaryngology, the University of Western Ontario. April 2008. Awarded 1st prize. |
| 5. |
Moukarbel R, Leung A, Yoo J. Changes in Neck Range of Motion Following Reconstruction with the Pectoralis Major Pedicled Flap. 7th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, San Francisco, California. July 2008. |
| 6. |
Jiang J, Leung A, Holdsworth D, Lownie S. Concepts in biorheology: efficiency of the circle of Willis as predicted by carotid stump pressure and carotid back flow. Resident Research Day, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, the University of Western Ontario. March 2009. |
| 7. |
Kitzler H, Deoni S, Harper-Little C, Leung A, Kremenchutzky M, Rutt BK. Myelin Sensitive Multi-Component DESPOT Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis. 17th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Honolulu, Hawaii. April 2009. |
| 8. |
Small E, Thakur Y, Leung A. Assessment of Catheter Skills Training on a Synthetic Vascular Model with Pulsatile Flow and Fluoroscopy. American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. May 2010. |
| 9. |
Ghali-Eskander M, Leung A, Lee D. Style and content of CT and MRI Lumbar Spine Reports: Radiologist and Clinician Preferences. American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. May 2010. Also, 5th Annual London Imaging Discovery, London, Ontario. June 2010. |
| 10. |
Landis M, Leung A, Ross I, Goela A. Prevalence of Extraspinal Findings in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine CT. 4th Annual London Imaging Discovery, London, Ontario. June 2009. Also, American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. May 2010. |
| Posters |
| 1. |
Leung A, Cataudella J, Arnold R, Clarke M, Soboleski D. The Value of Serial Neurosonograms on Premature Infants in Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcome. 87th Radiological Society of North America Scientific Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. November 2001. |
| 2. |
Nazareno J, Leung A. Embolization for epistaxis: our experience with 120 patients. 92nd Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, November 2006. |
| 3. |
Fanous R, Leung A. The CT Attenuation of the Superior Sagittal Sinus in a Hospital Population. 69th CAR Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, October 2006. Awarded 1st prize for Scientific Exhibit. |
| 4. |
Bussiere M, Pelz D, Gulka I, Leung A, Lownie S. Hemodynamic instability is significantly less frequent during "stent only" versus balloon-assisted carotid stenting. American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. June 2007. |
| 5. |
Ozdemir O, Bussiere M, Leung A, Gulka I, Lee D, Chan R, Spence DJ, Pelz D. Intraarterial thrombolysis of occluded middle cerebral arteries using collateral pathways. American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. June 2007. |
| 6. |
Dobbs R, Leung A, Macnabb J. MRI Wait Time in Ontario - the patients' perspective. 71st CAR Annual Scientific Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario. May 2008. 3rd Annual London Imaging Discovery, London, Ontario. June 2008. |
| 7. |
Jiang J, Leung A, Holdsworth D, Lownie S. The efficiency of the Circle of Willis as predicted by carotid stump pressure and carotid back flow during endarterectomy. 3rd annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, Vancouver, BC. May 2009. |
| 8. |
Small E, Leung A, Karlik S, Boulton M, Jiang J, Lownie S. Correlation between CT angiogram measurements of the circle of Willis and the cerebral collateral circulation. American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. May 2010. |
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