Andrew T. Leitner, M.D.
- Anesthesiology
- Interventional Pain Management
- Chair, Department of Supportive Care Medicine
- Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
- Chief, Division of Interventional Pain Management
Andrew Leitner, M.D., earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude in biology from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. He received his medical doctorate from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his residency in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he also pursued a fellowship in Interventional Pain Management.
Board-certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Dr. Leitner joined City of Hope in 2015. He helped build interventional pain management into a comprehensive clinical program and established it as a clinical division in the Department of Supportive Care Medicine. An expert in cancer pain, Dr. Leitner has contributed to the field with regional and national presentations and publications, including a textbook on cancer pain management. he recognizes pain as an intensely personal and debilitating experience, and he tailors individual treatment plans to a wide variety of patients. Dr. Leitner is passionate about incorporating treatments to increase function and improve his patients' quality of life.
Known for his collaborative and process-driven approach, he served as the department's Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs from 2019-2023, providing operational oversight and faculty support for multiple programs and initiatives to enhance interdisciplinary patient care. In 2023, Dr. Leitner was appointed chair of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine and Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair in Supportive Care Medicine. In this role, he helps oversee what was one of the country's first integrated supportive care departments. Today, the department is expanding access to evidence-based, whole-person care and advocating for a national standard of practice for supportive care.
Location
Duarte Cancer Center
Duarte, CA 91010
Education & Experience
Medical Board of California, License Number A112734
American Board of Anesthesiology, Certified, ABA ID 3587-1806
2014, American Board of Anesthesiology, Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine
2004-2008, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, M.D.
1999-2003. Tufts University, Medford, M.A., B.A. Biology
2012-2013, Fellowship - Pain Management, UCLA Department of Anesthesiology
2008-2012, Residency - UCLA Department of Anesthesiology
2023 - present, Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair in Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2023 - present, Chair, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2023 - present, Chief, Division of Interventional Pain Management, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2015 - present, Associate Clinical Professor and Anesthesiologist, Departments of Supportive Care Medicine and of Anesthesiology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
April 2014 - present, Pain Management Specialist, Torrance, CA
July 2013 - present, Clinical Laboratory Anesthesiologist, Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA
July 2013-March 2014, Pain Management Specialist, Brain and Spine Institute of California
July 2013-March 2014, Pain Management Consultant, Chapman Medical Center, Orange, CA
Awards & Memberships
Memberships
American Society of Anesthesiology
American Society of Regional Anesthesia
California Society of Anesthesiologists
North American Neuromodulation Society
Publications
Leitner AT, Chang C. (Eds.). Fundamentals of Cancer Pain Management. Textbook. Springer International Publishing. First edition. 2021.
Kaltman J., Sun C. , Loscalzo M. J., Kronstadt E., Goodspeed E., Qamar S., Glaser C., Zachariah F., Leitner A., Biller L., and Dale W. The impact of early integrated supportive care on length of stay at an NCI-designated cancer center. Abstract and presentation. American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2020 Annual Meeting.
Leitner A., Chang C., Dumitra S., Lee B., Leatherman H., Schwartz J., Nguyen M., and Lew M., Opioid Use after Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. Regional Therapies Conference, 2017.
Leitner A., Chang C., Chang W., Lew M., Regional Anesthetic Technique in an Elderly Patient with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension, Abstract and Presentation, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2016 Annual Meeting.
Leitner A., Chang C., Lew M., Continuous Paravertebral Infusion for Analgesia in a Patient with Lytic Thoracic Spine Metastasis, Abstract and Presentation, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2015 Annual Meeting.
Leitner A., Chang C., Lew M., Post-Operative Analgesia for Patient Undergoing Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Surgery, Abstract, and Presentation, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2015 Annual Meeting.
Leitner A., Nguyen T., Ming Huang Y. , Ed.D., Salehi A., Steadman R., Excellence in Communication and Professionalism: Identifying Key Behaviors of Anesthesiologists During the Preoperative Patient Interaction. Abstract and Presentation. American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2012 Annual Meeting.
Searleman A. C., Leitner A., Ridley C., Zhang L., Avidan M. S., Deep Hypnotic Time and One-Year Mortality in Non-Cardiac and Cardiac Surgical Patients. Abstract and Presentation. American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2008 Annual Meeting.
Leitner A, Kodner IJ, Munson R, Cronin DC. Collaboration with China in the field of organ transplantation. Surgery. 2008 Nov; 144(5):725-8.
- Taizi M, Deutsch VR, Leitner A, Ohana A, Goldstein RS. A novel and rapid in vivo system for testing therapeutics on human leukemias. Experimental Hematology. 2006 Dec; 34(12):1698-708.