GeorgeLeightMD
General Surgery • Apex, NCBreast, Endocrine, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Professor, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
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Office
973 New Hope Church Road
Apex, NC 27523Phone+1 919-491-7540
Education & Training
Duke University HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1976 - 1979- Duke University HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1972 - 1974
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1972
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 51 citationsSurgeon-performed ultrasound is superior to 99Tc-sestamibi scanning to localize parathyroid adenomas in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: results in 516 patie...Brian R. Untch, Mohamed A. Adam, Randall P. Scheri, Kyla M. Bennett, Darshana Dixit
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2011-04-01 - 63 citationsImproved Surgical Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy: Results from a Multicenter Phase II TrialJohn A. Olson, G. Thomas Budd, Lisa A. Carey, Lyndsay A. Harris, Laura J. Esserman
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2009-05-01 - 46 citationsImpact of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency on Perioperative Parathyroid Hormone Kinetics and Results in Patients with Primary HyperparathyroidismBrian R. Untch, Michael E. Barfield, Moahad Dar, Darshana Dixit, George S. Leight
Surgery. 2007-12-01
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