Cindy Leissinger
Professor of pediatrics and pathology, Director of the Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders | Tulane University
New Orleans, LA, UNITED STATES
Dr. Leissinger cares for adult sickle cell patients and patients with coagulation disorders and researches hemophilia treatments.
Biography
Cindy A. Leissinger, MD received her medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Tulane, a research fellowship in hematology at The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and a clinical fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at Tulane.
Dr. Leissinger is the Director of the Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Society of Hematology and the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Dr. Leissinger has been a member of the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society since its inception and has served the society in numerous leadership positions.