Leonide Toussaint
St. Joseph Health Neurosurgery Associates TBSI
Office
(979) 776-8896
Fax (979) 774-0716 1602 Rock Prairie Road Ste 3000 College Station, TX 77845
About
Leonide Toussaint
Raised in North Carolina, Dr. Toussaint attended UNC Chapel Hill for his undergraduate and medical school education. While there, he was recognized as a Morehead Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha inductee, and Howard Holderness Distinguished Medical Scholar, graduating with Highest Honors. From Chapel Hill, he moved to Minnesota to complete residency training in Rochester at The Mayo Clinic. While there, he participated in the Mayo Clinician Investigator Training Program and completed a basic science fellowship in neuro-oncology. He won the resident research award for the Department of Neurology and was national runner-up for the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons research award. He completed his chief residency in neurological surgery in 2007 and moved to Bryan/College Station where he now resides with his wife and their five children. Dr. Toussaint has a research interest in the molecular biology of high grade glioma, an aggressive type of primary brain tumor. His work focuses in three related areas the microRNA control of invasion, the biology of the interface between blood vessel and tumor, and the delivery of novel therapies. He has an active role in teaching and research at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. In the clinical setting, Dr. Toussaint sees all patients requiring neurosurgical consultation. Those suffering with brain tumors, cerebral aneurysms, peripheral nerve entrapment, degenerative spine disease, herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and other neurological disorders come to see him frequently.
Primary Specialty
Neurosurgeon
Practice
St. Joseph Health Neurosurgery Associates TBSI
Gender
Male
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Aetna, Aetna Medicare Advantage, Ambetter by Superior HealthPlan (Marketplace/Exchange), Amerigroup, Apostrophe, Beech Street (A MultiPlan Network), Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Cigna, Coventry / First Health (An Aetna Company), FirstCare Health Plans, Galaxy Health Network, Great-West HealthCare (GWH-Cigna Network), HealthSmart, Humana, Humana Medicare Advantage, Humana Military – TRICARE East Region, Independent Medical Systems (IMS), MultiPlan, Nexcaliber, NX Health Network (NXHN), Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS/Multiplan), Provider Select, Superior HealthPlan, Three Rivers Provider Network, Traditional Medicaid, Traditional Medicare, TriWest, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage, USA Managed Care Organization (USA MCO), Beech Street, CorVel, Coventry, Injury Management Organization (IMO) Med-Select Network, Multiplan, Political Subdivision of Workers Compensation Alliance (PSWCA/The Alliance), Prime Health Services, Inc., Rockport Healthcare, Health Special Risk, Lonestar Athletic Injury Network, Texas Kids First
Degrees
Medical Doctor
Admitting Hospitals
St. Joseph Health
Office Name
St. Joseph Health Neurosurgery Associates TBSI
Languages
English
Services
Neurosurgery
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