The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the promotion of Oksana Lekarev, DO to Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, effective April 1, 2022.
Dr. Oksana Lekarev is the Associate Medical Director of the Weill Cornell Medicine Comprehensive Care Center for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) and an Associate Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is the Director of the Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program and is board-certified in Pediatric Endocrinology and Pediatrics.
Dr. Lekarev received a B.A. in Linguistics from Barnard College of Columbia University, graduating cum laude with departmental honors. She received her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, NJ. There, she completed her pediatric internship at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center before moving to Boston, Massachusetts where she completed her pediatric residency at Tufts-New England Medical Center. Dr. Lekarev moved back to New York City to complete her fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. She served as a faculty member for two years in the Division of Adrenal Steroid Disorders before joining Weill Cornell Medicine in 2013.
In addition to her expertise in CAH and adrenal steroid disorders, Dr. Lekarev’s areas of interest include differences in sex development, disorders of puberty, disorders of growth, thyroid disease, and care of transgender and gender non-conforming youth. Dr. Lekarev has published several original and review articles in peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work at national and international meetings.