Dr. Leslie Appiah 

Dr. Leslie Appiah is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Colorado School of Medicine and fellowship trained pediatric and adolescent gynecologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She serves as Division Chief of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is the Director of the Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Late Effects program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and Children’s Hospital Colorado Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Dr. Appiah attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and completed residency at Sinai Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. She subsequently completed a research fellowship in reproductive genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and clinical fellowship in pediatric and adolescent gynecology at Texas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Appiah has expertise in oncofertility, is well-published and speaks extensively across the nation on fertility preservation in pediatric and adolescent oncology. She is co-founder of the Pediatric Initiative Network of the Oncofertility Consortium where she served as chair for 5 years and is founding chair of the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Reproductive Late Effects Committee of the Oncofertility Consortium. Dr. Appiah’s clinical and research interests include fertility preservation in pediatric, adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer, reproductive late effects in cancer survivorship and hormone replacement therapy in the medically complex patient.