Stephen L. Lessnick BA, MD, PhD

Stephen Lessnick, MD, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Diseases for The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, a physician for the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Nationwide Children's Hospital and a professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Dr. Lessnick earned his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University, followed by MD and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). He trained in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital, Boston, and in pediatric hematology/oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital, Boston. Dr. Lessnick was on the faculty at the University of Utah for approximately 11 years. In July 2015, Dr. Lessnick joined the faculty at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital as the Director of the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases and The Ohio State University as a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT.