Dr. Michael Leong, MD, Sports Medicine Specialist
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Dr. Michael Leong, MD

Sports Medicine Specialist | Sports Medicine

3/5(17)
7223 Church St Suite C1 Highland CA, 92346
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3/5

About

Dr. Michael Leong is a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner in Highland, CA. As a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner, Dr. Leong is trained to assess, diagnose, prevent, and treat sports injuries in patients of all ages, and refer those patients to further services if needed. Sports Medicine Family Practitioners must complete specialized training in order to help each patient maximize function and improve quality of life.

Education and Training

Eastern Virginia Medical MD 1988

University California Irvine BS 1983

Board Certification

American Board of Family Medicine

Provider Details

Male English

Areas of expertise and specialization

adult medicineadolescent medicinesigmoidoscopyurgent careRunning injuries

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Family Medicine Department Chairman Optum medical group Inland Empire 2023 - Present
  • Instructor Loma Linda Medical school 1994 - 2010

Awards

  • best in San Bernardino county primary care 2023 Redlands Daily Facts newspaper 
  • Best in California Family medicine 2025 Best in California magazine 
  • Best Youth Coach United states 2013 Youthee Youth Awards 

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Family Physicians  
  • San Bernardino County Medical Association  
  • California Academy of Family Physicians  
  • American College of Sports Medicine  

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • Beaver medical group Community service Chairman
  • Coach Southern California Roadrunners youth running team 1980-2023

Internships

  • San Bernardino Medical Center

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Medical AssociationCalifornia Academy of Family MedicineAmerican Academy of Family MedicineSan Bernardino County Medical Society

What do you attribute your success to?

  • being a loyal member of my medical group and seeing patients consistently over the years.

Teaching and speaking

  • loma linda medical school volunteer family medicine faculty 1993 to 2010Team physician for Rialto high school, San Gorgonio HS and San Bernardino Valley college over the last 30 years

Favorite Place to Vacation

  • Island of Maui Hawaii

Hobbies / Sports

  • Coaching youth Runners So Cal Roadrunners 38 National Championship teams Cross Country and 138 individual national champions track and field and cross countryFormer marathoner 23 marathons including Boston, New York, Los Angeles. Former Triathlete

Favorite professional publications

  • JAMA, Time magazine, Runners world Track and Field News, Consumer Reports,

Dr. Michael Leong, MD's Practice location

Michael Leong

7223 Church St Suite C1 -
Highland, CA 92346
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New patients: 909-862-1191
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Optum - Highland Boulder

7000 Boulder Ave -
Highland, CA 92346
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https://locations.optum.com/ca/highland/michael-leong-md

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Dr. Michael Leong, MD has a rating of 3 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 17 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Sports Medicine Specialist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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ST BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTERl

2101 N WATERMAN AVE SAN BERNARDINO CA 92404

Head south on Boulder Avenue 2197 ft
Turn right onto Baseline Street 1346 ft
Take the ramp on the right 1081 ft
Merge left onto Foothill Freeway (CA 210) 2.0 mi
Take the ramp on the right towards Highland Avenue 1355 ft
Turn left onto Highland Avenue 2908 ft
Keep left 2.0 mi
Turn left onto Waterman Avenue 674 ft
Turn left onto East 21st Street 535 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the left

5.9 miSee direction

REDLANDS COMMUNITY HOSPITALl

350 TERRACINA BLVD REDLANDS CA 92373

Head south on Boulder Avenue 1.8 mi
Continue straight onto Orange Street 3.4 mi
Continue straight onto Cajon Street 2216 ft
Turn right onto W Fern Avenue 1.8 mi
You have arrived at your destination, on the right

7.4 miSee direction

LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERl

11234 ANDERSON ST LOMA LINDA CA 92354

Head south on Boulder Avenue 2197 ft
Turn right onto Baseline Street 1817 ft
Take the ramp on the left 1462 ft
Merge left onto Foothill Freeway (CA 210) 3.1 mi
Keep right at the fork towards I 10 West: Los Angeles 5001 ft
Merge left onto I 10 2.5 mi
Take the ramp on the right 1631 ft
Turn left onto South Tippecanoe Avenue 625 ft
Continue straight onto Anderson Street 1.1 mi
Turn right onto Prospect Avenue 399 ft
Turn left onto Prospect Avenue 94 ft
Enter the roundabout 310 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the right

9.2 miSee direction