Michael S. Leong

Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America

Academician Anesthesiology
Biography

Michael S. Leong, MD, is a specialist in pain medicine with clinical foci in radiculopathy; spinal, abdominal, and cancer pain; postherpetic neuralgia; and workers compensation cases. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and completed his residency in anesthesiology at University of California, Davis and at Stanford University, where he also completed his fellowship in pain medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Leong is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Stanford University.

Research Intrest

Intrathecal / Intraspinal Analgesics

List of Publications
Huang B, Yao M, Feng Z, Guo J, Zereshki A, Leong M, Qian X. CT-guided percutaneous infrazygomatic radiofrequency neurolysis through foramen rotundum to treat V2 trigeminal neuralgia. Pain Medicine. 2014 Aug 1;15(8):1418-28.
Deer TR, Mekhail N, Provenzano D, Pope J, Krames E, Thomson S, Raso L, Burton A, DeAndres J, Buchser E, Buvanendran A. The appropriate use of neurostimulation: avoidance and treatment of complications of neurostimulation therapies for the treatment of chronic pain. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface. 2014 Aug 1;17(6):571-98.
Gewandter JS, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, McDermott MP, Baron R, Gastonguay MR, Gilron I, Katz NP, Mehta C, Raja SN, Senn S. Research designs for proof-of-concept chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. PAIN®. 2014 Sep 30;155(9):1683-95.