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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1978 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1971 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1952 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Alexander Leaf was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spanned the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work included:

  • Abdominal Surgery and Complications
  • Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
  • Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies

Leaf contributed to multiple research publications, with recent papers including:

  • Percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum during GI endoscopy: a step-by-step guide (2024), published in VideoGIE
  • Correction: Hans Ussing Memorial Issue: Epithelial Membrane Transport (2023), published in The Journal of Membrane Biology
  • S3207 Percutaneous Needle Decompression for Tension Pneumoperitoneum During Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Step-by-Step Guide With Case Examples (2024), published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with Leaf included:

  • Rahul Karna
  • Giovanni A. Roldan
  • Roberto Osorio Cintron
  • Daniela Guerrero Vinsard
  • Mohammad Bilal

Common venues for their publications were:

  • VideoGIE
  • The Journal of Membrane Biology
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Throughout their career, Leaf received several recognitions, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1978)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1971)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1952)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Cardiovascular effects of n-3 fatty acids

    Alexander Leaf;Peter C. Weber

  • Regulation of cellular volume.

    Anthony D. C. Macknight;Alexander Leaf

  • Clinical Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death by n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Mechanism of Prevention of Arrhythmias by n-3 Fish Oils

    Alexander Leaf;Jing X. Kang;Yong-Fu Xiao;George E. Billman

  • Calcium and ischemic injury

    Joseph Y. Cheung;Joseph V. Bonventre;Charles D. Malis;Alexander Leaf

  • The Role of Cell Swelling in Ischemic Renal Damage and the Protective Effect of Hypertonic Solute

    Jorge Flores;Donald R. DiBona;Clyde H. Beck;Alexander Leaf

  • Prevention of fatal arrhythmias in high-risk subjects by fish oil n-3 fatty acid intake.

    Alexander Leaf;Christine M. Albert;Mark Josephson;David Steinhaus

  • Essentiality of and Recommended Dietary Intakes for Omega-6 and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

    Artemis P. Simopoulos;Alexander Leaf;Norman Salem

  • Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death by Dietary Pure ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Dogs

    George E. Billman;Jing X. Kang;Alexander Leaf

  • The Krüppel-associated box-A (KRAB-A) domain of zinc finger proteins mediates transcriptional repression

    Ralph Witzgall;Eilleen O'Leary;Alexander Leaf;Dilek Önaldi

  • Blocking effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on Na+ channels of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes.

    Yong-Fu Xiao;J. X. Kang;A. Leaf

  • EVIDENCE IN MAN THAT URINARY ELECTROLYTE LOSS INDUCED BY PITRESSIN IS A FUNCTION OF WATER RETENTION

    Alexander Leaf;Frederic C. Bartter;Roberto F. Santos;Oliver Wrong

  • Active sodium transport by the isolated toad bladder.

    Alexander Leaf;John Anderson;Lot B. Page

  • Cell swelling. A factor in ischemic tissue injury.

    Alexander Leaf

  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids modulate sodium and calcium currents in CA1 neurons

    M Vreugdenhil;C Bruehl;R A Voskuyl;J X Kang

  • Workshop statement on the essentiality of and recommended dietary intakes for Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids.

    A.P. Simopoulos;A. Leaf;N. Salem

  • Antiarrhythmic Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Recent Studies

    Jing X. Kang;Alexander Leaf

  • Studies on the movement of water through the isolated toad bladder and its modification by vasopressin.

    Richard M. Hays;Alexander Leaf

  • Prevention of fatal cardiac arrhythmias by polyunsaturated fatty acids

    Jing X Kang;Alexander Leaf

  • Do fish oils prevent restenosis after coronary angioplasty

    A Leaf;M B Jorgensen;A K Jacobs;G Cote

  • Fatty acids suppress voltage-gated Na+ currents in HEK293t cells transfected with the α-subunit of the human cardiac Na+ channel

    Yong-Fu Xiao;Sterling N. Wright;Ging Kuo Wang;James P. Morgan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing X. Kang
Jing X. Kang Harvard University
Joseph V. Bonventre
Joseph V. Bonventre Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joseph Y. Cheung
Joseph Y. Cheung Temple University
Thomas Force
Thomas Force Vanderbilt University
Richard V. Milani
Richard V. Milani University of Queensland
Thomas W. Smith
Thomas W. Smith University of California, Davis
Terry A. Jacobson
Terry A. Jacobson Emory University
Dariush Mozaffarian
Dariush Mozaffarian Tufts University
Richard J. Deckelbaum
Richard J. Deckelbaum Columbia University
William S. Harris
William S. Harris University of South Dakota

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