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Richard Lemons, MD, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, medical director and chief of pediatric hematology/oncology at Primary Children's Medical Center and the University of Utah, and a Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator. He is involved in various clinical trials for pediatric malignancies and pediatric hematologic disorders.


Lemons earned a medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; and performed an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Lemons was a staff member at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital prior to joining the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

801-662-4700

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, UT  84113

Specialties

  • Hemophilia
  • Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Richard Lemons, MD, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, medical director and chief of pediatric hematology/oncology at Primary Children's Medical Center and the University of Utah, and a Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator. He is involved in various clinical trials for pediatric malignancies and pediatric hematologic disorders.


Lemons earned a medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; and performed an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Lemons was a staff member at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital prior to joining the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.

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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Professor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Education History

Certification University of Utah
Conflict Mediation
Postgraduate Certificate, 2012
Fellowship St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
NRSA Tumor Cell Biology
Fellow, 1985
Residency Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pediatrics
Resident, 1983
Fellowship National Institutes of Health
Cancer Bio Research
Fellow, 1983
Professional Medical George Washington University
Medicine
M.D., 1980
Postdoctoral Fellowship National Institutes of Health
Genetics
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1976
Doctoral Training Pennsylvania State University
Chemistry
Ph.D., 1973
Undergraduate University of Connecticut

B.A., 1968

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Biltaji E, Enioutina EY, Yellepeddi V, Rower JE, Sherwin CMT, Ward RM, Lemons RS, Constance JE (2020). Supportive care medications coinciding with chemotherapy among children with hematologic malignancy. Leuk Lymphoma, 61, 1-12.
  2. Olson J, Mehra S, Hersh AL, Thorell EA, Stoddard GJ, Maese L, Barnette PE, Lemons RS, Pavia AT, Knackstedt ED (2020). Oral Step-Down Therapy With Levofloxacin for Febrile Neutropenia in Children With Cancer. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 10(1), 27-33.
  3. Kaul S, Korgenski EK, Ying J, Ng CF, Smits-Seemann RR, Nelson RE, Andrews S, Raetz E, Fluchel M, Lemons R, Kirchhoff AC (2015). A retrospective analysis of treatment-related hospitalization costs of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Med, 5(2), 221-9.
  4. Lowichik A, Zhou H, Pysher TJ, Smith L, Lemons R, Coffin CM (2000). Therapy associated changes in childhood tumors. Adv Anat Pathol, 7(6), 341-59.

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