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
 

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, Muczynski K, Jefferson A, deBoer I, Kowalewska J, Kendrick E, Pichler R and Davis CL. Higher levels of Leflunomide are associated with hemolysis and are not superior to lower levels for BK virus clearance in renal transplant recipients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008 May3(3): 829-835, 2008.

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. Transplantation 2008 Jul 27;86(2):336-41.

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. Am J Transplant 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. Am J Transplant 2006 Oct 6(10):2391-5.