

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Transplantation Fellowship
(2004-05)
State University of New York Buffalo,
NY
Nephrology Fellowship (2002-04)
State University of New York Buffalo,
NY
Medicine Residency (1999-2002)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Medical School (1990-96)
Carol Davila University of
Medicine and Pharmacy
Bucharest,
Romania
SITE OF PRACTICE:
University of Washington Medical Center
CONTACT INFORMATION
1959 NE Pacific Street
Box 356521
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: (206) 543-2346
Fax: (206) 685-8661
Email:
nleca@u.washington.edu
Administrative Contacts:
http://depts.washington.edu/
nephron/admin.htm
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Nicolae
Leca, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of
Medicine
Specialty: Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

CLINICAL INTERESTS
-
Long-term post-transplant follow-up
- Post-transplant
bone disease
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- BK nephropathy
- HLA sensitization and antibody-mediated rejection
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Leca N,
Bracamonte E, Smith K, Nicosia R, Kendrick E, Furmanczyk P, Davis C,
Alpers C, Kowalewska J. Tubular Basement Membrane Immune Deposits in
association with BK Virus Nephropathy. American Journal of
Transplantation 2007 Jun7(6):1552-60.
Leca N,
Laftavi M, Gundroo A, Kohli R, Min I, Shridhar N, Karam J, Blessios G,
Venuto R, Pankewycz O. Early and severe hyperparathyroidism associated
with hypercalcemia after renal transplantation treated with cinacalcet.
American Journal of Transplantation 2006 Oct 6(10):2391-5.
Nicolae Leca,
Raimund Pichler, Jolanta Kowalewska,
Elizabeth Kendrick, Ashley Jefferson, Kimberly Muczynski and Connie
Davis. Leflunomide use in renal transplantation. Is it causing
hemolytic syndrome? In press.
Leca N,
Laftavi M, Shen L, Matteson K, Ambrus J and Pankewycz O. Regulation of
human Interleukin 14 transcription in vitro and in vivo
following renal transplantation. In press.
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