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Leslie Robin Halpern, DDS, MD, PhD
Education/Training:
Institution And Location |
Degree |
Year Conferred |
Field Of Study |
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY |
BS |
1974 |
Biology |
CUNY/Brooklyn College, NY |
MA, PhD |
1982, 1984 |
Neuroendocrinology |
New York Univ. College of Dentistry |
DDS |
1990 |
Dentistry |
New York Medical College, NY |
MD |
1993 |
Medicine |
Research And Professional Training:
2000-Present Clinical Investiagative Fellow, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation/Massachusetts General Hospital
6/99-6/00 Fellow/Associate, Oral Surgical Institute, Nashville, TN. With Dr. JB Carter
7/97-4/99 Associate, East Tennessee Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery Practicum Corporation, Maryville, TN
1983-1984 Staff/Clinical Instructor, Dept. Oral Surgery, Univ Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
10/96-6/98 Post Residency Fellowship, Dept. Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Univ Tennessee Med Ctr, Knoxville, TN
11/97-4/99 Emergency Care Center Physician, Emergency Care Corporation, Knoxville, TN
3/97-8/97 Urgent Care Physician, Alliant Health Corporation, Louisville, KY
7/90-6/96 Lincoln Hospital/Mental Health Center, 6 year Oral Surgery-MD program
1983-1984 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Dept Biology, Brooklyn College, NY
Awards:
2000 Clinical Investiagative Fellow, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Massachusetts General Hospital
1997 Honorarium: MEDED: Parke Davis Program on Antiepileptic Drugs, Atlanta, GA
1983-1985 Research Fellowship, Robert Christensen Foundation for the Study of Temporomandibular Disease
1990 American Academy of Oral Medicine Certificate for Outstanding Achievement
1987 Samuel J. Pireo Memorial Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Histology, NYU College of Dentistry
1983-1986 Deans List, NYU College of Dentistry
1984 New Investigator Travel Award, Endocrine Society
1981, 1982 Research Fellowship, CUNY Graduate School
1990 Omicron Kappa Upsilon (Dental Honor Society), NYU College of Dentistry
1990 Who's Who Among Young Rising Americans
Publications:
- Margolis-Kazan H, Peute J, Schreibman MP, Halpern LR. Ultrastructural localization of gonadotrophin and luteinizing hormone in pituitary gland teleost of fish (the platyfish). J Exper Zool 215:99-102, 1981.
- Halpern-Sebold LR, Schreibman MP. Ontogeny of centers containing luteinizing hormone releasing hormone in the brain of platyfish (Xiphophorus macaulatus) as determined by immunocytochemistry. Cell Tissue Research 229:75-84, 1983.
- Schreibman MP, Halpern-Sebold LR, Ferin M, Ferin H, Margolis-Kazan H, Goos HJT. The effect of hypophysectomy and gonadotrophin administration on the distribution and quantity of LHRH in the brain of the platyfish: A combined immunocytochemistry and radioimmunoassay study. Brain Research 267:293-300, 1983.
- Halpern-Sebold LR. The ontogeny and functional significance of luteinizing hormone releasing (LHRH) containing centers of the brain of the freshwater teleost Xiphophorus macaulatus. Doctoral Dissertation, City University of New York, 1984.
- Schreibman MP, Margolis-Kazan H, Halpern-Sebold LR, O'Neil PA, Silverman RC. Structural and functional links between olfactory and reproductive systems: Puberty-related change in olfactory epithelium. Brain Research 302:180-183, 1984.
- Halpern-Sebold LR, Margolis-Kazan H, Schreibman MP, Joh T. Immuno-reactive tyrosine hydroxylase in the brain and pituitary gland of the platyfish. Proc Soc Exper Biol Med 178:486-489, 1985.
- Margolis-Kazan H, Halpern-Sebold LR, Schreibman MP. Immunocytochemical localization of serotonin in the brain and pituitary gland of the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. Cell Tissue Research 240:311-314, 1985.
- Margolis-Nunno H, Halpern-Sebold LR, Schreibman MP. Immunocytochemical changes in serotonin in the forebrain and pituitary of aging fish. Neurobiol Aging, 1985.
- Schreibman MP, Margolis-Nunno H, Halpern-Sebold LR. Aging of the neuroendocrine system In: Hormones and Reproduction in Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles. DO Norris, RE Jones (editors), Plenum Press, NY, 1986.
- Schreibman MP, Margolis-Nunno H, Halpern-Sebold LR. The structural and functional relationship between olfactory and reproductive systems from birth to old age in fish. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates Vol. V, D Duvall (editor), Plenum Press, NY, 1986.
- Halpern LR, Chase DC, Hughes D, Gerard DA, Shanks C, Jacobs W R. Electrodiagnostic evaluation of cranial nerve conduction in patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD). Abstract, 19 th Annual Conference, American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Cleveland, OH, 1998.
- Halpern LR, Chase DC, Gerard DA, Behr MM, Jacobs WR. Temporomandibular disorders: Clinical and laboratory analyses for risk assessment of criteria for surgical therapy, a pilot study. Cranio 16(1):33-41, 1998.
- Halpern LR, Chase DC. Perioperative management of the patient with endocrine dysfunction: Physiology and pre-operative/ post-operative treatment protocols. Oral Maxillofac Clinics N America 1998
- Halpern LR, Ogle O. Alternative treatment modalities for orofacial pain. Oral Maxillofac Clinics N America 2000 (in press)
