Medical Degree – SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Bachelor of Science – University of Notre Dame
Residency
Pediatrics – Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Child Neurology – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship
Clinical Neurophysiology/EEG – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Clinical Neurophysiology
Awards
Isabelle Rapin Scholarly Activity Award, Montefiore Medical Center
Resident Teaching Star Commendation, Montefiore Medical Center
Abraham Max Rabiner Award for Excellence in Neurology, SUNY Downstate
Ilana W. Zarafu Robbins Award for Outstanding Performance in Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate
Dr. Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society, SUNY Downstate
Selected Publications
Leone B, Cassel-Choudhury G, Longani N, Rivera R, Katyal C, Beal J. “Treatment Outcomes of Pediatric Patients with Convulsive Status Epilepticus Improved by Protocol-Driven Management at a Tertiary Children’s Hospital.” Presenter at ICU Special Interest Group and Poster presentation for 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society.
Leone B, Yozawitz E. “The Newborn with Neurologic Findings.” Neonatology for Primary Care, 2nd edition.
Cassel-Choudhury G, Beal J, Longani N, Leone B, Rivera R, Katyal C. “Protocol-Driven Management of Convulsive Status Epilepticus at a Tertiary Children’s Hospital.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. January 2019, 20(1):47-53.
Meagher MJ, Leone B, Turnbull TL, Ross RD, Zhang Z, Roeder RK. “Dextran-encapsulated barium sulfate nanoparticles prepared for aqueous dispersion as an X-ray contrast agent.” Journal of Nanoparticle Research. December 2013, 15:2146.
Huberman H, Leone B, Clayton E, Perenyi A, Marino LB, Regensberg S, Nayyar-Gujral N, Valencia C, Aranda J, Hittelman J, Dinkevich E. “They’re 2 years old, do you know where your late-preterms are? Randomized Controlled Trial of the NICU-to-Neighborhood Follow-along Program”. Presented at Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. April 2012.