Oscar DeLeon, MD

Professor

Chief, Pain Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Professor and Vice-Chair for Clinic Affairs, Department of Anesthesiology

School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo

Profile

Areas of Expertise:

Cancer Pain Management

Research

Research Interests:

Advances in analgesic therapy

Physiology and pharmacology of epidural opioids

Perioperative surgical outcomes

Thoracic and cardiac anesthesia

Control of acute and chronic cancer pain

Background Information

Education and Training:

MD - Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Residency:

State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo

Board Certification:

Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology

Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology

Pain Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology

Publications

Publications:

De Le�n-Casasola O. Intrathecal therapy for cancer pain management. Revista de la Sociedad Española del Dolor 2010; 17(3):162-168
De Leon-Casasola OA. Multimodal, multiclass, multidisciplinary therapy: the key to better analgesia in the 21st century?. Clinical journal of pain 2010; 26(1):S1-S2
Swarm R , Lynch M , Moryl N , Murphy BA , Nesbit SA , Oakes L , Obbens EA , Paice JA , Rabow MW , Syrjala KL , Urba S , Levy MH , Karver SB , Janjan NA , Abernethy AP , Anghelescu DL , Benedetti C , Blinderman CD , Boston B , Cleeland C , Coyle N , DeLeon-Casasola OA , Eilers JG , Ferrell B , Weinstein SM. Adult cancer pain. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2010; 8(9):1046-1086
de Leon-Casasola OA. Spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation techniques for neuropathic pain. Journal of pain and symptom management 2009; 38(2 Suppl.):S28-S38
Demmy TL, Nwogu C, Solan P, Yendamuri S, Wilding G, DeLeon O. Chest tube-delivered bupivacaine improves pain and decreases opioid use after thoracoscopy. Annals of thoracic surgery 2009; 87(4):1040-1046; discussion 1046-1047
da Silva FC, Santos Thuler LC, de Leon-Casasola OA. Validity and reliability of two pain assessment tools in Brazilian children and adolescents. Journal of clinical nursing 2011; 20(13-14):1842-1848
de Leon-Casasola O. Implementing therapy with opioids in patients with cancer. Oncology nursing forum 2008; 35 Suppl.:7-12
de Leon-Casasola OA. Current developments in opioid therapy for management of cancer pain. Clinical journal of pain 2008; 24 Suppl. 10:S3-S7
de Leon-Casasola OA. Transforaminal cervical epidural injections. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine 2008; 33(2):190-191
De Andres J, Valia JC, Cerda-Olmedo G, Quiroz C, Villanueva V, Martinez-Sanjuan V, de Leon-Casasola O. Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with spinal neurostimulation systems. Anesthesiology 2007; 106(4):779-786
de Leon-Casasola OA. Multimodal approaches to the management of neuropathic pain: the role of topical analgesia. Journal of pain and symptom management 2007; 33(3):356-364
Swarm R, Lynch M, Montana GS, Nesbit S, Oakes L, Obbens EA, Paice J, Syrjala KL, Urba S, Weinstein SM, Levy MH, Janjan NA, Grossman SA, Anghelescu DL, Benedetti C, Boston B, Cleeland C, Coyle N, Deleon-Casasola OA, Eidelman A, Eilers JG, Ferrell B, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Adult cancer pain. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN 2007; 5(8):726-751
de Leon-Casasola O. New developments in the treatment algorithm for peripheral neuropathic pain. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) 2011; 12(Suppl. 3):S100-S108
Huebert L, Schwabish S, Zevon M, de Leon-Casasola O. Adaptation theory and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in cancer pain patients. Oncology nursing forum 2007; 34(2):2446
Chenthilmurugan H, Mahathanaruk M, de Leon-Casasola OA. The epidural trial. Techniques in regional anesthesia and pain management 2011; 15(4):150-154
de Leon-Casasola OA. Implementing and managing intrathecal pumps. Techniques in regional anesthesia and pain management 2011; 15(4):155-157
Hitt JM, de Leon-Casasola OA. Complications of intrathecal drug delivery systems. Techniques in regional anesthesia and pain management 2011; 15(4):162-166
Peer M, de Leon-Casasola OA. A critique of the latest consensus panel for intrathecal therapy. Techniques in regional anesthesia and pain management 2011; 15(4):167-171
De Leon-Casasola OA. Pain pathways and mechanisms of neuropathic pain. Informe medico 2009; 11(6):369-375