Leah Tzimenatos, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Leah Tzimenatos treats pediatric patients presenting with emergent medical illnesses and traumatic injuries. She is committed to the education of medical students, residents and nurses, as well as the individual patients and their families.

Her research interests include patient safety, medical error prevention and pediatric analgesia and sedation.

Title:

Assistant Professor, Toxicology Fellowship Director

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

UC Davis Children's Hospital

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

916-734-5010

Education:

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
M.D. 2001

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
B.A. 1997

Internships:

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
2002

Residency:

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
2004

Fellowships:

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
2007

Board Certifications:

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2009
American Board of Pediatrics, 2004

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001-present
American college of Emergency Physicians, 2006-present
American Medical Association, 1997-present

Honors and Awards:

Awarded Best Research Presentation by a Trainee, Section of Injury and Poisoning Prevention, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, 2006
Alpha Omega Alpha, elected September 2000, 2000
Awarded "Honors" for Basic Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, 1999
Second prize, Richard D. Katz Research Symposium, University of Virginia, 1997
Phi Beta Kappa, 1997
Distinguished Majors Program, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, 1995-1997

Select Recent Publications:

Tzimenatos, L., Geis, G. Emergency Department Management of the Immunosuppressed Host. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Elsevier, September 2005.

Feigin, R., Stephenson, L.: Interaction of Infection and Nutrition. Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Disease, 5th ed. Saunders, 2004.

Stephenson, L., Haney, L. et al. Expression of Smooth Muscle a-Actin in Cellular Hypertrophy: Regulation by Serum, Thrombin, PDGF, and TGFB in Cultured Mesangial Cells. Kidney International 54, 1175-1187 (1998).

McDowell, G., Gahl, W., Stephenson, L. et al. Linkage of the Gene for Cynstinosis to the Short Arm of Chromosome 17. Nature Genetics 10, 246-248 (1995).