Department of Neurology
USF Health · College of Medicine

Leon D. Prockop, M.D.

Professor of Neurology
Contact Info
Address: 2 Tampa General Circle
7th Floor,
Tampa, FL 33606
Phone: (813) 974-9915
Fax: (813) 974-7473
Email: lprockop@health.usf.edu

Education
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (Neurology)

 

Interests
Clinical Interests:
  • Blood-brain barrier
  • CSF pathophysiology including hydrocephalus
  • neuroimaging neurotoxicology
  • post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    • Research Interests:
  • Blood-brain barrier
  • CSF pathophysiology including hydrocephalus
  • neuroimaging neurotoxicology
  • post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
    • Board Certification(s)
  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
    • Specialties:
  • General Neurology
  • Neuro-toxicology

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    Selected Publications

    Prockop LD. Terrorism and the Neurologist. World Federation of Neurology website at wfneurology.org 11/15/2002

    Naidu KA, Fu ES, Sutton ET, Prockop LD, Cantor A. The therapeutic effects of epidural intercellular adhesion molecule-1 monoclonal antibody in a rabbit model: involvement of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 pathway in spinal cord ischemia. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2003 Sep; 97(3): 857-862

    Prockop LD. CO Brain Toxicity: Clinical, MRI, MRS and Neuropsychological Effects in 9 People. J Neuroimaging, 2005;15(2):144-149

    Prockop LD. Weapons of Mass Destruction: Overview of the CBRNE's. J Neurosci 2006;249:50-54

    Prockop LD. Introduction to Neurotoxicology in Román GC, Reis J, Defer G, Prockop L (editors). Special Issue on Environmental Neurology. J Neurol Sci 2007;262:7-14.