Dr. Kevin J Leon MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Kevin Leon is a critical care surgeon practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Leon specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Leon has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Baylor College of Medicine 1996
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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