LeonSchwarzPerelMD

Addiction Medicine, Pain Medicine

Private Practice

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Office
6990 Smoke Ranch Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89128
Phone+1 702-476-9999

Fax+1 702-946-1343

I am a board certified Anesthesiologist specializing in Pain Medicine. My focus is to provide a multimodal approach individualized to each patient. My expertise includes an array of interventional procedures catered to decrease pain while optimizing functionality. Other interests include arthritic spine pain, radio frequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, addiction medicine, neuropathic pain and neuropathy.

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2012 - 2013
George Washington UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 2009 - 2012
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2009
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 2008
Cornell UniversityB.S, Neurobiology and Economics, 1999 - 2003

Burton S. Epstein Award for Excellence in Research George Washington University, 2013
Weintraub Award George Washington University, 2012

Journal Articles

Anesthesiology Residents as Teachers (ART) Program: A Pilot Study
Jeffrey Berger, M.D., MBA, Negin Daneshpayeh, BS, Marian Sherman, M.D., Nancy Gaba, M.D., Jennifer Keller, M.D., Leon Perel M.D., Benjamin Blatt, M.D., Larrie Greenbe..., Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 3/2012

Abstracts/Posters

To Evaluate The 10-point Clock Drawing Test as a tool for Assessing Cognitive Dysfunction in Chronic Pain
Leon Perel M.D., Valerie Pershad B.S., May Chin M.D., American Society of Anesthesiology, ASA Washington DC, 10/2013
Should Ambulatory and Same Day Admission Patients Discontinue their Angiotensin System Inhibitors Medication Preoperatively?
Julia Griffin, M.D., Leon Perel B.S., Jaqueline Njapa B.S., Vasudha Goel, M.D., Rebecca Twersky, M.D., M.P.H., American Society of Anesthesiology, ASA Orlando, FL, 10/2008

Lectures

Blaustein Lecture: Epidural Steroid Injections
Johns Hopkins University Dept Pain Medicine and Neurosurgery - 4/2013
Journal Club: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy of Lateral Branch Neurotomy for Chronic Sacroiliac Joint Pain (Patel et al.)
George Washington University Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine - 4/2012
Pathophysiology of Pain
George Washington University Department of Anesthesiology - 10/2011
Cognitive Dysfunction and Pain
George Washington University Department of Anesthesiology - 7/2011
Psoriatic Arthritis and Pain
George Washington University Dept of Anesthesiology - 2/2011
Journal Club: Association of the Pattern of Use of Perioperative β-Blockade and Postoperative Mortality (Wallace et al. 2010)
George Washington University Dept. of Anesthesiology - 12/2010
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Research FellowSUNY Downstate Department of Anesthesiology under Rebecca Twersky M.D., MPH2007 - 2008