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Office
300 Medical Plz
# B200
Los Angeles, CA 90095Phone+1 310-794-1195Fax+1 310-794-7491
Summary
- Dr. Leif Havton, MD is a board certified neurologist in Los Angeles, California. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in California and New York. He is affiliated with The Mount Sinai Hospital and is a Professor at University of California.
Education & Training
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1995 - 1996
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurology, 1992 - 1995
- St Mary's Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1992 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 2020 - 2025
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 165 citationsChemotropic guidance facilitates axonal regeneration and synapse formation after spinal cord injuryLaura Taylor Alto, Leif A. Havton, James M. Conner, Edmund R. Hollis, Armin Blesch
Nature Neuroscience. 2009-09-01 - 209 citationsRestorative effects of human neural stem cell grafts on the primate spinal cordEphron S. Rosenzweig, John H. Brock, Paul Lu, Hiromi Kumamaru, Ernesto A. Salegio
Nature Medicine. 2018-02-26 - 18 citationsSerotonergic 5-HT1A receptor agonist (8-OH-DPAT) ameliorates impaired micturition reflexes in a chronic ventral root avulsion model of incomplete cauda equina/conus me...Huiyi H. Chang, Leif A. Havton
Experimental Neurology. 2013-01-01
Grant Support
- Plasticity And Regeneration In The Primate Spinal CordNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2011–2012
- Nanofiber Nerve Guide Conduits For Repair Of Spinal Injury In Nonhuman PrimatesNational Center For Research Resources2011
- Repair Of Bladder Function After Cauda Equina InjuryNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2007–2010
- Neural Repair After Cauda Equina InjuryNational Center For Research Resources2008–2009
- Neural Repair In A Primate Model Of Cauda Equina InjuryNational Center For Research Resources2005–2006
- Innervation Of Bladder Neurons After Spinal Cord InjuryNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2003–2005
- Use Dependent Modulation Of Synaptic Plasticity Following Spinal Cord InjuryNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2003