Physician Profile: Peter LeRoux, MD, FACS
Spring 2006
Peter
D. LeRoux, MD, FACS, is vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery
at the University of
Pennsylvania Health System and part of the team
of physicians at the Center for Bloodless Medicine
and Surgery (CBMS) at Pennsylvania Hospital.
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Dr. LeRoux received training in Gamma
Knife® radiosurgery at the Cromwell Hospital
in London and the Karolinska Institute in
Stockholm. He performed Gamma Knife® procedures at New York University
Medical Center before joining the faculty of the
University of Pennsylvania Health System
in 2001.
“Gamma Knife® has opened up new
treatment opportunities for many patients.
It also complements and supplements
conventional surgery. Before Gamma Knife®,
we either followed the patient or performed
open microsurgery,” Dr. LeRoux said.
With Gamma Knife® radiosurgery, many
conditions formerly considered inoperable
are now treatable. In addition, its extremely
precise, high dose delivery of radiation to a
small, diseased area of the brain avoids
radiation exposure to healthy tissue or to the
entire brain. More than 30,000 patients
worldwide undergo this treatment each year.
At
the new Penn Gamma Knife® Center at
Pennsylvania Hospital, Dr. LeRoux estimates
that 200 patients per year will receive
treatment. “We often treat two or three
patients on the same day,” said Dr. LeRoux.
“The tremendous
growth of Gamma
Knife® began in the early 1990s with the
development and refinement of magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI). Gamma Knife® is
totally dependent on high quality imaging,”
Dr. LeRoux noted.
About Dr. LeRoux
A native of South Africa, Dr. LeRoux
received his medical degree from the
University of Cape Town Medical School. He
completed his internship at Groote Schurr
Hospital in Cape Town and his residency at
the University of Washington in Seattle.
Dr. LeRoux
completed clinical and research fellowships
at Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and the University
of Washington. He is board certified in neurological
surgery. In addition, Dr. LeRoux has done extensive
research in non-blood medical management
and has lectured on blood conservation
strategies.
Dr. LeRoux is a fellow in the American
College of Surgeons and was recognized by
Best Doctors in America 2005-2006.
Gamma Knife and Leksell Gamma Knife are U.S. federally registered
trademarks of Elekta Instrument S.A., Geneva, Switzerland.
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