Ronald Kline, M.D., FAAP

Ronald Kline most recently served as the medical director of the Pediatric Division of Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, the largest multispecialty oncology group in Nevada. He also worked as a clinical associate professor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Kline is a board-certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist with additional training in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Kline has held leadership positions in local and statewide organizations, primarily focusing on health policy and children’s issues. He is past president of the Clark County Medical Society and the Nevada State Medical Association, a former alternate delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates, a past gubernatorial appointee to the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange board of directors, and a former member of the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners. He is the founding chair of the Children’s Medical Advocacy Coalition and the president elect of the Southern Nevada Medical Industry Coalition. In addition to his medical and health policy pursuits, Kline has a strong interest in history and international relations, having served as an officer of the World Affairs Council of Las Vegas from 2008-2013.

Kline has broad experience directing clinical programs in multiple states and in university, hospital-based, and private practice settings. He is the author of 19 scientific publications, and is the editor of a textbook on pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Kline received his MD and BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and did his pediatric residency training at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. He completed a biotechnology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute and a clinical fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology and transplantation at the University of California, San Francisco. (Updated 09.01.13)