University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
Laura Klesse MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr Klesse is a pediatric oncologist who specializes in the care of patients with neurofibromatosis. Dr Klesse obtained her PhD in the laboratory of Dr Luis Parada studying the signaling cascades involved in tumor formation in NF1, followed by her pediatric oncology training at UT Southwestern. Dr. Klesse is currently the Director of the Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Program at UT Southwestern and Children’s Health in Dallas, Texas. She serves as the principal investigator in the National NF Clinical Trials Consortium at UT Southwestern and is Vice-Chair of the Children’s Tumor Foundation’s Clinical Care Advisory Board. Dr Klesse is a Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care at UT Southwestern.
