Louis Le

Louis Le, M.D.

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Louis Le, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery

Positions

Associate Professor of Surgery: Division of Pediatric Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Texas Children’s Hospital (Clinic)
: The Woodlands
17580 I-45 South
The Woodlands, TX 77384
United States
Phone: (936) 267-7333

Texas Children’s Hospital (Clinic)
: Kingwood Specialty Care
19298 W. Lake Houston Pkwy
Humble, TX 77346
United States
Phone: (281) 812-0280

Education

Fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University: Portland; Pediatric Surgery

Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center: Cincinnati; Pediatric ECMO

Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center: Cincinnati; Pediatric Trauma

Residency at Louisiana State University School of Medicine: New Orleans

Internship at Louisiana State University School of Medicine: New Orleans

MD from Louisiana State University School of Medicine: New Orleans

Certifications

American Board of Surgery

Professional Interests

Pediatric Surgery
Pediatric trauma

Professional Statement

Louis D. Le, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery is a member of the pediatric surgery team at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Le is a board-certified surgeon with extensive training in caring for pediatric patients. He completed his adult general surgery training at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and completed his pediatric surgery fellowship at Oregon Health Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr.Le also completed a research fellowship and two clinical fellowships in pediatric trauma and pediatric ECMO at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Websites

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Selected Publications

Balaji, S, Wang, X, King, A, Le, LD, Bhattacharya, SS, Moles, CM, Butte, MJ, de Jesus Perez, VA, Liechty, KW, Wight, TN, Crombleholme, TM, Bollyky, PL, Keswani, SG "Interleukin-10-mediated regenerative postanatal tissue repair is dependent on regulation of hyaluronan metabolism via fibroblast-specific STAT3 signaling." FASEB.; Pubmed PMID: 27903619
Balaji, S, King A, Marsh E, LeSaint M, Bhattacharya SS, Han N, Dhamija Y, Ranjan R, Le LD, Bollyky PL, Crombleholme TM, Keswani SG "The Role of Interleukin-10 and Hyaluronan in Murine Fetal Fibroblast Function in vitro: Implications for Recapitulating Fetal Regenerative Wound Healing." PLoS One.;
King A, Balaji S, Le LD, Marsh E, Crombleholme TM, Keswani SG "Interleukin-10 regulates fetal extracellular matrix hyaluronan production." J Pediatr Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 23845609
Cost NG, Geller JI, Le LD, Crombleholme TM, Keswani SG, Lim FY, Alam S "Urologic Co-Morbidities Associated with Sacrococcygeal Teratoma and a Rational plan for Urologic Surveillance." Pediatr Blood Cancer.;

Keswani SG, Balaji S, Le LD, Leung A, Katz AB, Lim FY, Habli M, Jones HN, Wilson JM, Crombleholme TM "Pseudotyped AAV vector-mediated gene transfer in a human fetal trachea xenograft model: implications for in utero gene therapy for cystic fibrosis." PloS One.; Pubmed PMID: 22937069
Keswani SG, Balaji S, Le L, Leung A, Lim FY, Habli M, Jones HN, Wilson JM, Crombleholme TM "Pseudotyped adeno-associated viral vector tropism and transduction efficiencies in murine wound healing." Wound Repair Regen.; Pubmed PMID: 23590866
Le LD, Biesiada J, Keswani,SG, Lim FY, Kingma PS, Haberman BE, Frischer JS, Habli M, Crombleholme TM "The Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Composite Index (CDH-CPI) Predicts Survival in Left-Sided CDH." J Pediatri Surg.;
Le LD, Alam S, Keswani SG, Crombleholme TM "Prenatal and Postnatal Complications of Sacrococcygeal Teratomas." J Pediatri Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 21683220
Le LD, Keswani SG, Morris L, Lim FY, Katz AB, Ghobril N, Habli M, Frischer JS, Crombleholme TM "Submucosal Gland Development in the Human Fetal Trachea Xenograft Model: Implications for Fetal Gene Therapy." J Pediatri Surg.; Pubmed PMID: 21238636