Ronald Kline, M.D. is a board certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist and pediatric bone marrow transplant physician. He has served on the board of trustees of the Clark County Medical Society since 2003 and was president in 2005-06. He has been Secretary of the Nevada State Medical Association since 2006 and Alternate Delegate from Southern Nevada to the American Medical Association House of Delegates since 2008. He has been very active in the community-wide discussion about creating an academic medical center in Clark County, and chaired the advisory body to the Regent’s committee on the topic, as well as being a member of the selection committee for the UNR president in 2006. He is a graduate of Leadership Las Vegas (2004) and Leadership Henderson (2008). He has been active in organizing “Health Day” for Leadership Las Vegas since 2005. He is also a board member of the Sunrise Children’s Foundation and the newly formed Nevada World Affairs Council.

Ron Kline is the author of 18 scientific articles, as well as the editor of a recently published book on pediatric bone marrow transplantation. He is a native of Southern California, receiving his undergraduate and medical degrees from UCLA. His postgraduate clinical training was at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and UCSF. In addition, he completed a research fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, publishing work on the immunotherapy of cancer. He is a physician/shareholder in Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada and has resided in Las Vegas for six years.

He has been married for over seventeen years to his wife Rachel. They have two children, Danny and Ariel. His hobbies include skiing, scuba diving, photography and sailing.

IN THE NEWS:

October 25, 2009
Las Vegas Review-Journal
"FINDING RELIEF: Researchers find creative activities can strengthen, comfort people fighting illness."
She was only 31 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer but it was stage one, the mildest form, and easily treated by surgically removing the lump and surrounding lymph nodes.
Dr. Ronald Kline interviewed

September 30, 2009
Volume 8, No. 4
M.D. News, Southern Nevada Edition 2009
"Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: Small Subspecialty Has Big Impact on Childhood Cancer Survival"
Authored by Dr. Ronald Kline