AlexanderLeafMD
Internal Medicine • Boston, MAJackson Professor of Clinical Medicine, Emeritus, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Office
55 Fruit Street 149 4001
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114Phone+1 617-726-5908Fax+1 617-726-6144
Summary
- Dr. Alexander Leaf, MD is a board certified internist in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Education & Training
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1944 - 1946
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1944 - 1944
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1943
Certifications & Licensure
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Elected Member Institute of Medicine, 1978
- Investigator Alumnus Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1951
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 156 citationsEvidence that free polyunsaturated fatty acids modify Na+ channels by directly binding to the channel proteinsJing X. Kang, Alexander Leaf
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1996-04-16 - 187 citationsEssentiality of and Recommended Dietary Intakes for Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty AcidsArtemis P. Simopoulos, Alexander Leaf, Norman Salem
Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism. 1999-07-23 - 293 citationsPrevention of Sudden Cardiac Death by Dietary Pure ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in DogsGeorge E. Billman, Jing X. Kang, Alexander Leaf
Circulation. 1999-05-11
Press Mentions
The Science Behind the Factors That Influence Healthy AgingJuly 15th, 2019
The Paleo Diet Revisited — and Explained — by the Man Who Discovered ItMay 16th, 2019
Letters to the Editor for Saturday, May 19, 2018May 19th, 2018- Join now to see all
