Jeffrey R. Leonard, MD
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Jeffrey Leonard, MD, is chief of the Section of Neurosurgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, a principal investigator in the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and a professor of neurological surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Dr. Leonard completed medical school at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1995 and then moved to St. Louis for an internship in general surgery and neurosurgery residency training at Washington University. He also completed a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery there in 2003 before joining the faculty where he spent the next 11 years. During that time, he served as Co-Director of the Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program and a Co-Director of the Neuro-Oncology Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Leonard joined Nationwide Children’s Hospital in April 2014 as the Chief of Neurosurgery and The Ohio State University as Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chair of Education. He has published over 100 published papers and has recently been named the Robert F & Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery. During his time at Nationwide Children’s, he has created multiple new programs including a surgical spasticity program. Recently Nationwide Children’s has begun construction of a gait lab, which will be instrumental in evaluating the effects of the therapies on children with cerebral palsy.
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Neurosurgery
Chief -
Surgical Services
Service Line Chief -
Neuro-Oncology
Surgical Director -
Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction
Surgeon Team -
Center for Childhood Cancer
Principal Investigator -
Center for Pediatric Trauma Research
Principal Investigator -
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship
Faculty -
Primary Department
Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children’s Hospital: 03/31/2014
Board Certifications
- Neurosurgery
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
| Fellowship | Washington University School of Medicine | Date Completed: 06/30/2003 |
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| Residency | Washington University School of Medicine | Date Completed: 06/30/2002 |
| Internship | Washington University School of Medicine | Date Completed: 06/30/1996 |
| Medical School | University of Washington | Date Completed: 06/09/1995 |
