Nina Weichert-Leahey, MD

Dr. Nina Weichert-Leahey is an oncologist who specializes in treating cancer patients. She earned her medical degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, Germany, and completed her pediatrics residency through the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center in 2019. Dr. Weichert-Leahey then pursued fellowship training in pediatric hematology and oncology at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, completing this specialized training in 2022. With 16 years of experience in medicine, she is fluent in both English and German.

Dr. Weichert-Leahey practices at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, and maintains hospital affiliations with Boston Children's Hospital. She focuses on caring for patients with blood cancers such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia and helps manage treatment-related side effects like nausea and vomiting from cancer therapy. Her expertise also includes treating patients with …low platelet counts, a condition known as thrombocytopenia. She utilizes advanced diagnostic tools including MRI scans and specialized intestinal imaging called MR enterogram to provide comprehensive cancer care.