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Office
451 Clarkson Ave
Kings County Hospital Medical Clinic
Brooklyn, NY 11203- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Internist-Endocrinologist, Board-certified in both. Completed training at SUNY Downstate. 33 yrs of hosp and private practice in Brooklyn NY, teaching, lecturing, publishing in major med journals. Retired in 2008. Still holds his license. Devoting time to travel and literary writing (11 books in French and numerous articles)
Education & Training
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1977 - 1979
- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Wakefield Campus)Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Wakefield Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1976
- NYU Long Island School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1973 - 1974
- University of HaitiClass of 1971
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1975 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Honored and invited to lecture in Endo Chicago Medical Society
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsHealth crisis in Ethiopia: a Third World syndrome.M. A. Nurhussein, Leonidas, J. R., J. R. Leonidas> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 1985 Dec 1
- AIDS and the alleged Haitian connection.Leonidas, J. R., J R Leonidas> ;New York State Journal of Medicine. 1985 Nov 1
- 7 citationsCervical Lipomas Masquerading as Thyroid NodulesJoel M. Goldman, Mary F. Wheeler, Leonidas, J. R., Jean-Robert Leonidas> ;JAMA. 1985 Mar 8
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Journal Articles
- The identity substitution syndromeLeonidas JR, Annals of Internal Medicine, 3/1/1980
Press Mentions
- Le prodieux parcours de Jean-Robert LeonidasOctober 16th, 2019
- A chacun son big bang ou le pouvoir de la littérature ( Par Rachel Vorbe)February 21st, 2013
Research History
- Instructor, Clin Assist Prof, Atttending Phys, Clin Assoc ProfClinical Research Center (Downstate Fellow in Endo, under the aegis of Dr Anne Carter https://typeset.io/authors/jean-robert-leonidas-1i7afz22ao1977 - 2008
Professional Memberships
- Fellow, FACP (inactive)
- Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad (AMHE)Vice-president for Educational Affairs (NY Chapter), a few years ago
- Endocrine SocietyMember emeritus
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Past Member (Retired)
Other Languages
- Creole, French
External Links
- Le Salon littérairehttp://salon-litteraire.linternaute.com/fr/jean-robert-leonidas/wall
- La bibliotheque idéale de JRLhttps://lenouvelliste.com/article/244955/la-bibliotheque-ideale-de-jean-robert-leonidas
- JRL dans L'OBShttps://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/paroles-d-haiti/20110107.OBS5867/croire-mordicus-a-la-resurrection-d-haiti.html
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