Dr. John Leake, board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases, joined Children's Specialists Division of Infectious Diseases in July 2000.

Before joining Children's Specialists, Dr. Leake was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. He also worked as a CDC technical advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) African Regional Office.

Dr. Leake will continue to work half time for CDC to improve control of infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa.

After earning a master's degree in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles, he received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He completed a pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at UCSD/Children's Hospital.

Dr. Leake was the recipient of Children's Research Support Fund in 1999 and also received a UCSD Pediatric Residency Faculty Teaching Award in 1999 and 2000. He has also been awarded a research grant to study acute disseminated encephalomyelitis at Children's.

Dr. Leake belongs to the following professional organizations:

• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
• American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• International Society for Infectious Diseases  

Additional Expertise, Education or Postgraduate Training:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
• Epidemic Intelligence Service, Meningitis and Special
• Pathogens Branch, 1996-1998
• Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of California at San Diego
• Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles

Licensure or Certification:

• State of California Medical License
• Board Certified in Pediatrics
• Board Certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Certificate of Knowledge in Tropical Medicine, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Honors or Awards:

• Children's Hospital Research Support Fund Recipient
• UCSD Pediatric Residency Faculty Teaching Award, Fellow of the Year, 1999
• UCSD Pediatric Residency Faculty Teaching Award, Fellow of the Year, 2000
  

Publications (Books, Chapters, Papers, etc.):

Arnold J, Senac M, Revivo G, Leake J. West Nile Virus presenting as acute necrotizing encephalitis in an immunocompromised child. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2005; 24: 932-4.

Bruce MG, Sanders EJ, Leake JAD, Zaidel O, Bragg SL, Aye T, Shutt KA, Deseda CC, Rigau-Perez JG, Tappero JW, Perkins BA, Spiegel RA, Ashford DA. Leptospirosis among patients presenting with dengue-like illness in Puerto Rico. Acta Tropica 2005; 96: 36-46.

Saitoh A, Pong A, Waecker NJ, Leake JAD, Nespeca MP, Bradley JS. Prediction of neurologic sequelae in childhood tuberculous meningitis: a review of 20 cases and proposal of a novel scoring system. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2005; 24: 207-212.

Saitoh A, Sawyer MH, Leake JAD. Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) Associated with Enterovirus. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2004; 23: 1174-5.

Leake JAD, Pong AP, Scher CA, Newbury RO, Cunningham BB. Onchocerciasis in a teenager from Africa. Arch Dermatol 2004; 140: 1161-6.

Leake JAD, Albani S, Kao A, Senac M, Krous HF, Paulino A, Quintella E, Sawyer MH, Bradley JS. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in childhood: epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory features. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2004; 23: 756-64.

Ferrara E, Lemire J, Grimm PC, Reznik VM, Mendoza SA, Leake JA, Benador NM. Mycobacterial peritonitis in pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients. Pediatr Nephrol. 2004 Jan;19(1):114-7. Epub 2003 Nov 25.

Leake JA, Kone ML, Yada AA, Barry LF, Traore G, Ware A, Coulibaly T, Berthe A, Mambu Ma Disu H, Rosenstein NE, Plikaytis BD, Esteves K, Kawamata J, Wenger JD, Heymann DL, Perkins BA. Early detection and response to meningococcal disease epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa: appraisal of the WHO strategy. Bull World Health Organ. 2002;80(5):342-9.

Leake JA, Billman GF, Nespeca MP, Duthie SE, Dory CE, Meltzer HS, Bradley JS. Pediatric acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis: report of a surviving patient and review. Clin Infect Dis 2002 Mar 1;34(5):699-703

Leake JAD, Perkins BA. Meningococcal disease:challenges in prevention and management. Infections in Medicine 2000; 17 (5): 364-77.

Leake JAD, Mosely D, England B, et al. Risk Factors for acute symptomatic coccidioidomycosis among elderly persons in Arizona, 1996-1997. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2000; 181 (4): 1435-40.

Ellis BA, Rotz LD, Leake JAD, Samalvides F, Bernable J, Ventura G, Padilla C, Villaseca P, Beati L, Regnery R, Childs JE, Olson JG, Carrillo C. An outbreak of acute bartonellosis (Oroya fever) in the Urubamba region of Peru, 1998. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1999; 61: 344-349.

Bisgard K, Kao A, Leake JAD et al. Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease in the United States, 1994-5: near disappearance of a vaccine-preventable childhood disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases 1998; 4 (2): 229-237.

Nelson DG, Leake J, Bradley J, Kuppermann N. Evaluation of febrile children with petechial rashes: is there consensus among pediatricians? Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1998;17 (12):1135-40.

Human Exposure to Brucella abortus Strain RB51--Kansas, 1997. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1998; 47(9): 172-5.

Weilepp A, Leake JAD, Friedlander S. Skin infectious due to other bacteria. Harahap M ed. Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Infections. Blackwell Science; Oxford, UK; 1997: 116-166.

Infection with Mycobacterium abscessus Associated with Intramuscular Injection of Adrenal cortex extract--Colorado and Wyoming, 1995-1996. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1996 (Aug 23).