JamesDanaLeoMD
Internal Medicine • Long Beach, CACritical Care Medicine
Chief Medical Officer MemorialCare Health System
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Office
2650 Elm Avenue
Suite 307
Long Beach, CA 90806Phone+1 562-426-6220Fax+1 562-989-8933- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am BC in internal medicine, emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and clinical lipidology. My current practice is internal medicine, lipidology, and critical care. I serve as Chief Medical Officer for MemorialCare health system in southern California.
Clinical Expertise
- Critical care medicine
Education & Training
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1987
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/Olive ViewResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1982 - 1984
UCLA-VA Greater Los AngelesInternship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
AZ State Medical License 2020 - 2024
CA State Medical License 1982 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2015 - 2021- American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Member Alpha Omega Alpha, 1981
- Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsProtected code blue: using in situ simulation to develop a protected code blue and modify staff training protocol-experience in a large community teaching hospital dur...Fady Youssef, Monique Patel, Hyunsoon Park, Jay Patel, James Leo, Maged Tanios> ;BMJ Open Quality. 2021 Feb 1
- 7 citationsThe Impact of Implementing an Intensivist Model With Nighttime In-Hospital Nocturnist and Effect on ICU Outcomes.Maged Tanios, Daniel Teres, Hyunsoon Park, Antonio Beltran, Arunpal Sehgal, James Leo> ;Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2020 May 1
- 6 citationsAnalgesia-first sedation in critically ill adults: A U.S. pilot, randomized controlled trial.Maged Tanios, Huan Mark Nguyen, Hyunsoon Park, Sangeeta Mehta, Scott K. Epstein, Fady Youssef, Antonio Beltran, Gabe Flores, Ramy Sidhom, Arunpal Sehgal, James Leo, Jo...> ;Journal of Critical Care. 2019 Oct 1
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Other
- Call to Action: Reduce Waste in the US Health Care System and Return the Cost Savings to Patients and the EconomyMacfie H, Leo J
http://www.ihi.org/Engage/collaboratives/LeadershipAlliance/Documents/IHILeadershipAlliance_CallToAction_ReduceWasteUSHealthCareSystem.pdf
IHI.org - 9/19/2019 - “Trillion Dollar Checkbook”: Reduce Waste and Cost in the US Health Care SystemBueno B, Leo J
http://www.ihi.org/Engage/collaboratives/LeadershipAlliance/Documents/IHILeadershipAlliance_TrillionDollarCheckbook_ReduceWaste.pdf
IHI.org - 9/19/2019
Press Mentions
‘Flurona’ Co-Infection of Flu, COVID-19 Surfaces in Southern CaliforniaJanuary 6th, 2022- With Regional Stay at Home Orders on Horizon, Salons Next to Close Again in L.A. CountyDecember 3rd, 2020
- Hospitals Ready for Wave of Patients as Coronavirus Cases Surge in L.A. CountyNovember 13th, 2020
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Hospital Affiliations
Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach, California
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