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Lorriana Leard, M.D.

Pulmonologist

Dr. Lorriana Leard is a pulmonologist who specializes in the care of patients with lung cancer and advanced lung diseases who are candidates for lung transplants. As an expert at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, she evaluates patients who have lung nodules, lung masses or symptoms suggestive of lung cancer. She also performs advanced bronchoscopic procedures, including tracheobronchial dilatation, tracheal and bronchial stent placement and transbronchial needle aspiration.

Leard is board certified in internal medicine, critical care and pulmonary medicine and currently holds the position of assistant clinical professor at UCSF.

Clinics

Lung Transplant Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-4145
Fax: (415) 353-4166

Hours: Thursday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (exact times vary depending on number of physicians in clinic)

Thoracic Surgery and Oncology
1600 Divisadero St., Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-1705
Phone: (415) 885-3882
Fax: (415) 353-9525

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Lorriana Leard

Additional Languages

Spanish

Education

Stanford University 1993
UC San Diego School of Medicine 1998

Residencies

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Internal Medicine 2001

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine 2005
UCSF Medical Center, Lung Transplant 2006

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Singer JP, Chen J, Blanc PD, Leard LE, Kukreja J, Chen H. A thematic analysis of quality of life in lung transplant: the existing evidence and implications for future directions. Am J Transplant. 2013 Apr; 13(4):839-50.
  2. Sayah DM, Schwartz BS, Kukreja J, Singer JP, Golden JA, Leard LE. Scedosporium prolificans pericarditis and mycotic aortic aneurysm in a lung transplant recipient receiving voriconazole prophylaxis. Transpl Infect Dis. 2013 Apr; 15(2):E70-4.
  3. Sayah DM, Koff JL, Leard LE, Hays SR, Golden JA, Singer JP. Rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses exert different effects on lung allograft function that are not mediated through acute rejection. Clin Transplant. 2013 Jan; 27(1):E64-71.
  4. Urisman A, Leard LE, Nathan M, Elicker BM, Hoopes C, Kukreja J, Jones KD. Rapidly progressive pulmonary venoocclusive disease in young women taking oral contraceptives. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Sep; 31(9):1031-6.
  5. Watkins KD, Boettger RF, Hanger KM, Leard LE, Golden JA, Hoopes CW, Singer JP. Use of sublingual tacrolimus in lung transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Feb; 31(2):127-32.
  6. Smith L, Singer JP, Hayes M, Golden JA, Leard LE. An analysis of potential risk factors for early complications from fiberoptic bronchoscopy in lung transplant recipients. Transpl Int. 2012 Feb; 25(2):172-8.
  7. Singer JP, Blanc PD, Hoopes C, Golden JA, Koff JL, Leard LE, Cheng S, Chen H. The impact of pretransplant mechanical ventilation on short- and long-term survival after lung transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2011 Oct; 11(10):2197-204.
  8. Tan JH, Fidelman N, Durack JC, Hays SR, Leard LL, Laberge JM, Kerlan RK, Golden JA, Gordon RL. Management of recurrent airway strictures in lung transplant recipients using AERO covered stents. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2010 Dec; 21(12):1900-4.
  9. Singer JP, Huang MY, Hui C, Blanc PD, Boettger RF, Golden J, Watkins K, Hoopes C, Leard LE. Supratherapeutic anticoagulation from low-molecular-weight heparin in lung transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Sep; 29(9):1009-13.
  10. Elicker BM, Golden JA, Ordovas KG, Leard L, Golden TR, Hays SR. Progression of native lung fibrosis in lung transplant recipients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respir Med. 2010 Mar; 104(3):426-33.
  11. Gasper WJ, Sweet MP, Golden JA, Hoopes C, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Hays SR, Patti MG. Lung transplantation in patients with connective tissue disorders and esophageal dysmotility. Dis Esophagus. 2008; 21(7):650-5.
  12. Leard LE, Cho BK, Jones KD, Hays SR, Tope WD, Golden JA, Hoopes CW. Fatal diffuse alveolar damage in two lung transplant patients treated with cetuximab. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 Dec; 26(12):1340-4.
  13. Gasper WJ, Sweet MP, Hoopes C, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Hays SR, Golden JA, Patti MG. Antireflux surgery for patients with end-stage lung disease before and after lung transplantation. Surg Endosc. 2008 Feb; 22(2):495-500.
  14. Lee J, Sogutlu G, Leard L, Zarnegar R, Bailey J, Golden J, Hays S, Kebebew E, Duh QY, Clark O. Lung transplantation for pulmonary metastases and radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis after radioactive iodine ablation of extensive lung metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid. 2007 Apr; 17(4):367-9.
  15. Sweet MP, Patti MG, Leard LE, Golden JA, Hays SR, Hoopes C, Theodore PR. Gastroesophageal reflux in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis referred for lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Apr; 133(4):1078-84.
  16. Sweet MP, Herbella FA, Leard L, Hoopes C, Golden J, Hays S, Patti MG. The prevalence of distal and proximal gastroesophageal reflux in patients awaiting lung transplantation. Ann Surg. 2006 Oct; 244(4):491-7.
  17. Sweet MP, Hoopes C, Golden J, Hays S, Leard L, Patti M. Prevalence of delayed gastric emptying and gastroesophageal reflux in patients with end-stage lung disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Oct; 82(4):1570; author reply 1570-1.
  18. Leard LE, Broaddus VC. Mesothelial cell proliferation and apoptosis. Respirology. 2004 Aug; 9(3):292-9.
  19. Leard LE, Savides TJ, Ganiats TG. Patient preferences for colorectal cancer screening. J Fam Pract. 1997 Sep; 45(3):211-8.
  20. Leard LE, Macdonald ES, Heller HC, Kilduff TS. Ontogeny of photic-induced c-fos mRNA expression in rat suprachiasmatic nuclei. Neuroreport. 1994 Dec 20; 5(18):2683-7.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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