AlbertYLeungMD

Anesthesiology • San Diego, CA

Pain Medicine

Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

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Office
3350 La Jolla Village Dr
San Diego, CA 92161
Phone(858) 552-8585
Fax(858) 642-6325
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Education & Training

University of California San DiegoFellowship, Pain Medicine, 1997 - 1999
University of California DavisResidency, Anesthesiology, 1994 - 1997
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 1993
Harvard Medical SchoolPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Trancranial Magnetic Stimulation
Massachusetts General HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Functional Imaging

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1994 - 2022
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Clinical Trials

Alleviating Headache and Pain in GWI With Neuronavigation Guided rTMS Start of enrollment: 2016 Dec 01Albert Leung, M.D.
Improving Functions in MTBI Patients With Headache by rTMS Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01Albert Yick Leung, MD

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

[EXPRESS] Pain related white matter tract abnormalities in MTBI patients with headache.
Leung, A.,Yang, E.,Lim, M.,Metzger-Smith, V.,Theilmann, R.,Song, D.,Lin, L.,Tsai, A.,Lee, R.> ;Mol Pain. 2018 Oct 17
rTMS in Alleviating Mild TBI Related Headaches - A Case Series.
Leung, A.,Fallah, A.,Shukla, S.,Lin, L.,Tsia, A.,Song, D.,Polston, G.,Lee, R.> ;Pain Physician. 2016 Jan 28
8 citations
Diminished supraspinal pain modulation in patients with mild traumatic brain injury
Albert Leung, Shivshil Shukla, Eric Yang, Bryan Canlas, Mawj Kadokana, Jason Heald, Ariea Davani, David D. Song, Lisa Lin, Greg Polston, Alice Tsai, Roland R. Lee> ;Molecular Pain. 2016 Jan 1
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Managing Mild Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Headaches.
Leung, A.,Shukla, S.,Fallah, A.,Song, D.,Lin, L.,Golshan, S.,Tsai, A.,Jak, A.,Polston, G.,Lee, R.> ;Neuromodulation. 2015 Nov 12
Effect of low frequency transcutaneous magnetic stimulation on sensory and motor transmission.
Albert Leung, Shivshil Shukla, Jacquelyn Lee, Valerie Metzger-Smith, Yifan He, Jeffrey Chen, Shahrokh Golshan> ;Bioelectromagnetics. 2015 Sep 1
3 citations
The effect of acupuncture needle combination on central pain processing--an fMRI study.
Albert Leung, Yi Zhao, Shivshil Shukla> ;Molecular Pain. 2014 Mar 25
2 citations
Supraspinal characterization of the thermal grill illusion with fMRI.
Albert Leung, Shivshil Shukla, Eric S. Li, Jeng-Ren Duann, Tony L. Yaksh> ;Molecular Pain. 2014 Mar 11
Transcutaneous Magnetic Stimulation (tMS) in Alleviating Post-Traumatic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain States: A Case Series.
Leung, A.,Fallah, A.,Shukla, S.> ;Pain Med. 2014 Mar 29
1 citations
Tradition- and science-based quality control of Chinese medicines--introducing the Phyto-True system.
Albert Y Leung> ;Journal of AOAC International. 2010 Sep 1
97 citations
rTMS for suppressing neuropathic pain: a meta-analysis.
Albert Leung, Michael C. Donohue, Ronghui Xu, Ryan Lee, Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur, Eman M. Khedr, Youichi Saitoh, Nathalie André-Obadia, Jens Rollnik, Mark S. Wallace, Ro...> ;The Journal of Pain. 2009 Dec 1
25 citations
The effect of acupuncture duration on analgesia and peripheral sensory thresholds
Albert Leung, Susan J Kim, Gery Schulteis, Tony L. Yaksh> ;BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2008 May 1
45 citations
The electrophysiology of de qi sensations.
Albert Leung, Jun Park, Gery Schulteis, Jeng-Ren Duann, Tony L. Yaksh> ;Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2006 Oct 11
24 citations
The effect of Ting point (tendinomuscular meridians) electroacupuncture on thermal pain: a model for studying the neuronal mechanism of acupuncture analgesia.
Albert Leung, Bahram Khadivi, Jeng-Ren Duann, Zang-Hee Cho, Tony L. Yaksh> ;Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2005 Aug 30
23 citations
Qualitative and quantitative characterization of the thermal grill.
Albert Leung, Mark S. Wallace, Gery Schulteis, Tony L. Yaksh> ;Pain. 2005 Jul 1
19 citations
Postoperative pain management in obstetric anesthesia--new challenges and solutions.
Albert Leung> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2004 Feb 1
Concentration-effect relationships for intravenous alfentanil and ketamine infusions in human volunteers: effects on acute thresholds and capsaicin-evoked hyperpathia.
Wallace MS, Ridgeway B, Leung A, Schulteis G, Yaksh TL> ;J Clin Pharmacol. 2002-01-01
Concentration-effect relationship of intravenous alfentanil and ketamine on peripheral neurosensory thresholds, allodynia and hyperalgesia of neuropathic pain.
Leung A, Wallace MS, Ridgeway B, Yaksh T> ;Pain. 2001-03-01
Concentration-effect relationship of intravenous lidocaine on the allodynia of complex regional pain syndrome types I and II.
Wallace, M. S., Ridgeway, B. M., Leung, A. Y., Gerayli, A., Yaksh, T. L.> ;Anesthesiology. 2000 Jan
The analgesic effect of electroacupuncture on acute thermal pain perception--a central neural correlate study with fMRI.
Shukla, S., Torossian, A., Duann, J. R., Leung, A.> ;Mol Pain. 2011
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Journal Articles

Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal rTMS in alleviating MTBI related headache and depressive symptoms
Leung AY, Metzger-Smith V, He Y, Cordero J, Brandon E, Song D, Lin L, Golshan S, Tsai A, Vaninetti M, Rutledge T, Polston G, Sheu R, Lee R, Neuromodulation; April 2017 (PMID 28557049), 4/10/2017