
Davonna ‘Davi’ Ledet
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Department
Pediatric Medicine
Division
Neurology
Contact Information
Davonna ‘Davi’ Ledet
Neurology
MS 220
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis TN 38105-3678
Email: davonna.ledet@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-2064
FAX: (901) 595-8548
Education
- BSN - University of Mississippi School of Nursing, Jackson, Mississippi (Cum Laude), 06/87-05/91
- MSN - University of Mississippi School of Nursing, Jackson, Mississippi, 06/93-08/95
- MBA - Belhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi, 01/98-12/00
Board Certification
- Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 1995
Professional Memberships and Societies
- Sigma Theta Tau, 1991
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 2006
Association of Child Neurology Nurses, 2007
Awards and Honors
- Excellence in Advanced Practice Nursing Award 2009
Academic Achievement Award, Belhaven College, 1999
Washington Women's Luncheon Club Scholarship, 1991
Hearin-Hess Scholarship, 1991
Work History
- 2003-Present, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis TN
Publications
Davonna S Ledet, MS, Rupert Handgretinger, MD, Tulio Bertorini, MD, Gregory A Hale, MD, Raul C Ribeiro, MD, Raja B Khan, MD. Leucoencephalopathy, transverse myelopathy, and peripheral neuropathy in association with glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 (GAD) antibodies in children with cancer. J. Child Neurol. (Accepted for publication 1/08).
Davonna S Ledet, Arzu Onar, Pamela S Hinds, E Brannon Morris, Darlene K Cash, Larry E Kun, Raja B Khan. Quality of Life of Long-term Cancer Survivors with Seizures. Poster Presentation: Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting. Quebec City, Quebec. 2007
Broniscer A, Chintagumpala M, Fouladi M, Krasin MJ, Kocak M, Bowers DC, Iacono LC, Merchant TE, Stewart CF, Houghton PJ, Kun LE, Ledet D, Gajjar A. Temozolomide after radiotherapy for newly diagnosed high-grade glioma and unfavorable low-grade glioma in children. J. Neuro-Oncology 2006 Feb; 76 (3):313-9.
EB Morris, Arzu Onar, Davonna Ledet, Larry Kun, Raja B Khan. Headache in Craniopharyngioma. Poster Presentation: Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting. Quebec City, Quebec. 2007
Raja B. Khan, Daniel L. Hunt, Davonna S. Ledet, Ching-Hon Pui, Scott C. Howard, EB Morris. Seizures in Children With Acute Leukemia and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Long-term Outcome and Risk Factors for Uncontrolled Seizures. Poster Presentation: Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting. Quebec City Quebec. 2007