James D. Leo, M.D., F.C.C.P.
2840 Long Beach Blvd., Suite 408
Long Beach, CA 90806
Phone: 562-988-8661
Fax: 562-426-7787
Email: jleomd@alum.mit.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Name: James Dana Leo, M.D., FACP, FCCP

Employer: James D. Leo, M.D., Inc.

Business Address:

2840 Long Beach Blvd.
Suite 408,
Long Beach, CA 90806
Phone: (562) 988-8661
Facsimile: (562) 426-7787
e-mail: jleo@memorialcare.org

Date Of Birth: May 4, 1956

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA

Current Position:

  • Private Practice
    Internal Medicine and Critical Care
  • Medical Director of MemorialCare Best Practice and Clinical Outcomes
    MemorialCare Medical Centers
    Memorial Health Services, Inc.
    17360 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
  • Associate Chief Medical Officer
    Medical Director of Clinical Quality
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    2801 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806

Past Position:

  • Medical Director, APACHE Critical Care Decision
    Support System
  • Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Units
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    1996 - 2008

Education:

  • B.S. (Biology): 1977
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Cambridge, MA 02139
  • M.D.: 1981
    University of California at San Francisco
    San Francisco, CA 94143
  • Internship (Internal Medicine): 1981-82
    Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital
    Los Angeles, CA 90073
  • Residency (Emergency Medicine) 1982-84
    UCLA Center for Health Sciences
    Los Angeles, CA 90024
  • Residency (Internal Medicine) 1985-87
    Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center
    Los Angeles, CA 90033

Board Certification:

  • Subspecialty Board in Critical Care Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine
    February 1992, June 2001
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
    January 1988
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine
    March 1986, December 1996

Honors and Awards:

  • Regent's Scholar
    University of California at San Francisco
    School of Medicine 1977
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
    University of California at San Francisco
    School of Medicine 1981
  • VHA West Coast Award
    Physician Champion
    November, 2006
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians
    April, 2009

Medical Licensure:

  • 1982: California #G49243
    Renewed 1984, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 2000, 02, 04, 06, 2008
  • 1982: Drug Enforcement Administration
    #AL1915581
    Renewed 1984, 85, 86, 88, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 2002, 2005, 2008

Professional Society Membership:

  • Member, American Medical Association
  • Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Member, American College of Physician Executives
  • Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians

Current Teaching Position:

  • Attending Physician
    Intensive Care Unit Teaching Service
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    2801 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach,CA 90801
    (Supervision of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellows and Internal Medicine Residents)

Current Staff Positions:

  • Attending Physician (Active Staff)
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Long Beach, CA 90801

Current Committee Positions Held at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center:

  • Co-Chairman, Council for Performance Improvement
  • Chairman, Careline Executive Directors Committee
  • Chairman, Intensivist Committee
  • Chairman, Surgical Care Improvement Project Committee
  • Chairman, Physician Disaster Response Task Force
  • Chairman,StAR (Rapid Response) Team Work Group
  • Chairman, Organ Donor Council
  • Member, Medical Executive Committee
  • Member, Quality Review Committee
  • Member, Critical Care CareLine Committee
  • Member, Cardiac CareLine Committee
  • Member, Ortho-Neuro-Rehab Committee
  • Member, Epidemiology Committee
  • Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
  • Member, Patient Safety Committee
  • Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee
  • Member, Patient Flow Committee
  • Member, Disaster Preparedness Committee

Other Committee Membership:

  • Member, Board of Directors
    MemorialCare Physician Society
  • Chair, Clinical Committee
    Memorial Health Services Board of Directors
  • Member, Pulmonary/Critical Care Best Practice Team
    MemorialCare Physician Society
  • Chair, Sepsis BPT Working Group
    Pulmonary/Critical Care Best Practice Team
    MemorialCare Physician Society 2009 –
  • Member, H1N1 Task Force
    MemorialCare Medical Centers
  • Member/Sponsor
    Healthcare-Acquired Infection Best Practice Team
    MemorialCare Physician Society

Previous Positions Held:

  • Director, Critical Care Care-Line
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    2801 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90801
    September 1995 - April 1997
  • Principal, Hospitalists of Long Beach, Inc.
    Hospitalists for Long Beach Memorial IPA
    January 1, 1997 - December 31, 1998

Previous Staff Positions:

  • Director, Emergency Department
    Burbank Community Hospital
    Burbank, CA 91501
    July 1984 - August 1985
  • Emergency Physician
    Mission Valley Medical Center
    Lake Elsinore, CA 92330
    1984-1985
  • Emergency Physician
    Panorama Community Hospital
    Panorama City, CA 91402
    1984-1985
  • Emergency Physician
    Canoga Park Community Hospital
    Canoga Park, CA
    1984-1985

Pre-Doctoral Research:

  • Research Assistant in Evaluation of Pulmonary Interstitial Deposition of Immune Complex in an Animal Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
    UCLA Center for Health Sciences
    June - September 1974, June - September 1975

Publications:

  • Chapters in Textbooks:
    Leo, J.D., and Simon, R.R: "Upper Airway Obstruction", in Comprehensive Management of Respiratory Emergencies. B.E. Brenner, ed.;
    Aspen Publications, Maryland, 1985.
  • Peer-reviewed articles:
    Leo, JD; Thomas D; and Alhadeff G: "A Unique Hospital Physician Disaster Response System for a Non-Employed Medical Staff"
    Am. J. Disaster Medicine Vol. 4(2) pp. 95-100, Mar/Apr 2009

Invited Lectures:

  • "Head and Spinal Trauma"
    UCLA EMT-1 Training Course
    Los Angeles,October 1982.
  • "Metabolic Disorders: Diabetes Mellitus"
    UCLA MedStar Flight Nurses Training Course
    Los Angeles, March 1983.
  • "Emergency Thoracotomy in Penetrating Cardiac Trauma"
    UCLA Emergency Medicine-Trauma Surgery
    Combined Morbidity and Mortality Conference
    Los Angeles, November, 1983.
  • "Facial and Cervical Trauma"
    UCLA Emergency Medicine Residents Lecture
    Los Angeles, February, 1984.
  • "Toxic Psychoses"
    Burbank Community Hospital
    Medical Staff Weekly CME Conference
    Burbank, CA 1984.
  • "Upper Airway Obstruction"
    UCLA Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
    Los Angeles, May 1985.
  • "Antihistamine Overdose"
    LAC - USC Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine
    Morbidity and Mortality Conference
    July 1986.
  • "Clinicopathologic Conference: An Unusual Colonic Tumor"
    Clinicopathologic Conference
    Long Beach Community Hospital
    Long Beach, April 1987.
  • "The Physiology of Swallowing and Dysphagia"
    International Symposium on Swallowing Disorders
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    December, 1988.
  • "Sepsis and Septic Shock"
    Combined Critical Care/Trauma Service Grand Rounds
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Long Beach, December 1991.
  • "Diagnosis and Management of Shock States"
    Intensive Care Unit Housestaff Lecture
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Long Beach, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.
  • "APACHE III Severity Scoring System"
    Department of Medicine Quarterly Meeting
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Long Beach, August 1996.
  • "APACHE III Severity Scoring System: An Update"
    Quarterly Medical Staff Meeting
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Long Beach, March 1998.
  • "Ventilator Management of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient"
    UC Irvine - Long Beach VA Medical Center Combined Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident Conference
    Long Beach VA Medical Center, November 2000
  • "Critical Care Management of the Trauma Patient"
    Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Lecture
    UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Residents Lecture
    July 26, 2002
  • "Medical Ethics in the Intensive Care Unit"
    Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Lecture
    UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Residents Lecture
    July 26, 2002
  • "Ventilator Management of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient"
    UC Irvine - Long Beach VA Medical Center Combined Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident Conference
    Long Beach VA Medical Center, November 2003
  • "Surviving Sepsis Campaign": Acute Management of Septic Shock
    Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Lecture
    UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Residents Lecture
    September 25, 2004
  • "Facilitating Physician Participation in Quality Initiatives"
    Presented at
    "Medical Staff and Hospital Collaboration in Perfomance Measurement and Quality Care" Conference
    California Medical Association/Institute for Medical Quality
    Newport Beach, California May 21, 2005
  • "Community-Acquired Pneumonia"
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
    July 28, 2005
  • "Current Approaches to Septic Shock"
    UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Housestaff Noon Conference
    August 15, 2005
  • "Quality Measures in Cardiac Care"
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
    November 10, 2005
  • "Quality and Patient Safety: The Physician's Role"
    Family Practice Residents' Lecture
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    June 16, 2006
  • "Management of Septic Shock and Severe Sepsis - 2006 Update"
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
    July 6, 2006
  • "Ventilator Management of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient: Update 2007"
    UC Irvine - Long Beach VA Medical Center Combined Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident Conference
    Long Beach VA Medical Center, February 2007
  • Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Update 2007
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
    August 16, 2007
  • "Building Medical Staff Enthusiasm for the Fight against Multiple Drug-Resistant Organisms"
    Hospital Association of Southern California and Hospital- Acquired Infection Task Force
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    September 11, 2007
  • "Methicillin-Resistant Staph aureus Infections in the Hospital Setting"
    MemorialCare Wound Conference
    Costa Mesa,CA
    October 10, 2007
  • "Implementing an Effective Leadership Structure Framework for System-Level Improvement"
    19th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
    Institute for Healthcare Improvement
    Orlando, Florida
    December 11, 2007
  • "Using APACHE III/IV to Drive Performance Improvement in the ICU"
    Los Angeles Critical Care Symposium
    Los Angeles,CA
    May 28, 2008
  • "Quality, Transparency, and Public Reporting"
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
    June 26, 2008
  • Using APACHE III/IV to Drive Performance Improvement in the ICU"
    Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
    October 9, 2008
  • MRSA and Multiple Drug-Resistant Organisms
    MemorialCare Wound Conference
    Costa Mesa,CA
    October 15, 2008

Other Professional Activities:

  • Member, Critical Care Transformation Council
    Charles M. Watts, M.D., Chairman
    November 2003 - 2005
  • Member, Emergency Department Technical Expert Panel
    Advisory Panel to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
    June 2007 -
  • "Surveillance Screening for MRSA in Hospital Patients: SB 1058"
    Testimony before the California Assembly Health Committee
    Sacramento, California
    June 24, 2008
 
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