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A. Lee Dellon, M.D

A. Lee Dellon, M.D. is the founder of The Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve Surgery. He is an accomplished Plastic Surgeon as well as a Professor of Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland and at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. He specializes in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy as well as other painful peripheral nerve disorders and has trained many surgeons worldwide in the procedures he has developed to relieve pain. Dr. Dellon completed his BS at John Hopkins University and received hi Medical Degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1970. He Completed General Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Residencies at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, John Hopkins Hospital and Union Memorial Hospital respectively. He has been in practice since 1978 and has been on the faculty of Johns Hopkins since that time.

Changing the Natural History of Diabetic Neuropathy

May 31, 2005 Featured Writers

A. Lee Dellon, MD, Professor of Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery, brings us an updated report on the success of using decompression surgery to “change the natural course of diabetic neuropathy”, There are also links at the end of the article to help you find out if decompression surgery would help …

Diabetes and Chemotherapy Neuropathy

Nov 2, 2004 Featured Writers

We all have patients that end up in Chemotherapy for different Cancers. Did you know some of the newest and best cancer fighting drugs have a side effect of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. A. Lee Dellon, MD shows that the same treatments for diabetic neuropathy will work for these patients.

Diabetes and Fibromyalgia

Sep 14, 2004 Featured Writers

Patients with diabetes may suffer general tiredness, soreness, and muscle aches, associated with loss of energy. Could this be Fibromyalgia? How do you tell the difference. Diabetes and Fibromyalgia A. Lee Dellon, MD, Professor of Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Director of the Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve …

Scientific Basis for Nerve Compression in Diabetic Neuropathy

Apr 7, 2004 Featured Writers

SELECTION OF THE PATIENT FOR DECOMPRESSION Over the past twenty years, an approach to selection of the patient for decompression of peripheral nerves has been developed. This approach begins with the measurement of peripheral nerve function in order to stage the degree of nerve impairment.