Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Residency, Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine 2017 - 2022
  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 2017
  • Ph.D., Harvard Medical School 2014
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Berger, Miles, Jeffrey N. Browndyke, Mary Cooter Wright, Chloe Nobuhara, Melody Reese, Leah Acker, W Michael Bullock, et al. “Postoperative changes in cognition and cerebrospinal fluid neurodegenerative disease biomarkers.” Ann Clin Transl Neurol 9, no. 2 (February 2022): 155–70. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51499.
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    • Acker, Leah, Kristen Bova Campbell, Colleen Naglee, Brad Taicher, and Yuriy S. Bronshteyn. “Perioperative Management of Flecainide: A Problem-Based Learning Discussion.” A a Pract 15, no. 4 (April 1, 2021): e01443. https://doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000001443.
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    • Acker, Leah, Christine Ha, Junhong Zhou, Brad Manor, Charles M. Giattino, Ken Roberts, Miles Berger, et al. “Electroencephalogram-Based Complexity Measures as Predictors of Post-operative Neurocognitive Dysfunction.” Front Syst Neurosci 15 (2021): 718769. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2021.718769.
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    • VanDusen, Keith W., Yi-Ju Li, Victor Cai, Ashley Hall, Sarah Hiles, J Will Thompson, M Arthur Moseley, et al. “Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteome Changes in Older Non-Cardiac Surgical Patients with Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction.” J Alzheimers Dis 80, no. 3 (2021): 1281–97. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-201544.
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    • Tremblay, Sébastien, Leah Acker, Arash Afraz, Daniel L. Albaugh, Hidetoshi Amita, Ariana R. Andrei, Alessandra Angelucci, et al. “An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics.” Neuron 108, no. 6 (December 23, 2020): 1075-1090.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.027.
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    • Vasunilashorn, Sarinnapha M., Michael J. Devinney, Leah Acker, Yoojin Jung, Long Ngo, Mary Cooter, Richard Huang, Edward R. Marcantonio, and Miles Berger. “A New Severity Scoring Scale for the 3-Minute Confusion Assessment Method (3D-CAM).” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 8 (August 2020): 1874–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16538.
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    • Acker, Leah C., Rayleen C. Jones, Mohammad R. Rasouli, and Yuriy S. Bronshteyn. “Focused Cardiac Ultrasound during Amniotic Fluid Embolism.” Anesthesiology 130, no. 6 (June 2019): 1032–33. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000002596.
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    • Galvan, Adriana, William R. Stauffer, Leah Acker, Yasmine El-Shamayleh, Ken-Ichi Inoue, Shay Ohayon, and Michael C. Schmid. “Nonhuman Primate Optogenetics: Recent Advances and Future Directions.” J Neurosci 37, no. 45 (November 8, 2017): 10894–903. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1839-17.2017.
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    • Acker, Leah C., Erica N. Pino, Edward S. Boyden, and Robert Desimone. “Large Volume, Behaviorally-relevant Illumination for Optogenetics in Non-human Primates.” J Vis Exp, no. 128 (October 3, 2017). https://doi.org/10.3791/56330.
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    • Acker, Leah, Erica N. Pino, Edward S. Boyden, and Robert Desimone. “FEF inactivation with improved optogenetic methods.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113, no. 46 (November 15, 2016): E7297–7306. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1610784113.
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    • Chuong, Amy S., Mitra L. Miri, Volker Busskamp, Gillian A. C. Matthews, Leah C. Acker, Andreas T. Sørensen, Andrew Young, et al. “Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin.” Nat Neurosci 17, no. 8 (August 2014): 1123–29. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3752.
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    • Shum, Judy, Elena S. DiMartino, Adam Goldhammer, Daniel H. Goldman, Leah C. Acker, Gopal Patel, Julie H. Ng, Giampaolo Martufi, and Ender A. Finol. “Semiautomatic vessel wall detection and quantification of wall thickness in computed tomography images of human abdominal aortic aneurysms.” Medical Physics 37, no. 2 (January 20, 2010): 638–48. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3284976.
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    • Birmingham, William, and Leah Acker. “Software-defined radio for undergraduate projects.” Acm Sigcse Bulletin 39, no. 1 (March 7, 2007): 293–97. https://doi.org/10.1145/1227504.1227414.
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