Faculty
Oncology Division

Leonel F. Hernandez-Aya, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Oncology Division
Medical Oncology
Clinical Interests
- Breast cancer
- Melanoma
- Cancer immunotherapy
Research Interests
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Cancer microenvironment
- Breast cancer research
- Melanoma clinical research
Contact
- 314-747-5165 (office)
- 314-362-7086 (fax)
- lhernandezaya@wustl.edu
- Division of Oncology
Campus Box 8056
Washington University
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110 - 11th Floor Mid-Campus Center (office)
Biosketch
Education | |
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2001-2007 | MD, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia |
Post-graduate Training | |
2009-2012 | Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL |
2012-2015 | Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, University of Michigan Health System, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI |
Academic Positions | |
2015-present | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
Board Certification | |
2012 | American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine |
2015 | American Board of Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology |
University & Hospital Appointments & Committees | |
2016-present | Co-Leader, Siteman Cancer Center Melanoma & Cutaneous Oncology Program |
Honors & Awards | |
2013 | Workshop Grant Recipient, 22nd Annual AACR Workshop: Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology, Snowmass Village, CO |
2013 | Travel Grant to attend the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 18th Annual Conference, Hollywood, FL |
2014 | 15th Annual Fellows Travel Award Recipient, 24th Annual Mayo Clinic Hematology/Oncology Reviews, The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, FL |
Professional Societies | |
2009-2012 | American College of Physicians |
2012-present | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
2013-present | American Association for Cancer Research |
2019-present | Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer |