Leon Kushnir, MD, FACS, CPE
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About Dr. Kushnir
Leon Kushnir, MD, FACS, CPE, is a board-certified general and endocrine surgeon at ChristianaCare, practicing with ChristianaCare General Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute. He treats and manages a wide range of diseases and disorders requiring surgical intervention in adult and senior patients, including endocrine-system conditions involving the thyroid and pancreas. He earned his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University, interned at SUNY Stony Brook, and completed his general surgery residency at Albany Medical Center, followed by fellowships in renal transplant surgery at Albany Medical Center and in minimally invasive, metabolic and endocrine surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He also earned certification as a physician executive from the American Association for Physician Leadership. He is fluent in Russian.