Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Dr. Leslie Appiah is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at Nationwide Children's Hospital. She serves as director of the Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Health program at The OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital. Dr. Appiah attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, and completed residency at Sinai Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. She subsequently completed a research fellowship in reproductive genetics and clinical fellowship in pediatric and adolescent gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX. Dr. Appiah has expertise in oncofertility, is well-published and speaks extensively across the nation. She serves as program chair for the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) Annual Clinical Research Meeting, chair of the NASPAG Fertility Preservation Special Interest Group (SIG), chair of the ASRM PAG SIG and past-chair of the Pediatric Initiative Network of the Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern. Dr. Appiah’s clinical and research interests include fertility preservation in adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer, reproductive late effects in survivorship and adolescent endometriosis.