Rianna Leazer, MD

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

Bio:

Dr. Leazer began working with CHKD as a volunteer in high school and remained with the hospital throughout her medical training. She is now an attending physician at CHKD and is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at EVMS. She received the James E. Etheridge, Jr., and Ahmad A. Shoaibi scholarship in 2007 and was part of the Alpha Omega Honor Medical Society medical school.

Clinical Interests:

• Care of hospitalized children
• Pain management

Research:

• Management of febrile infants

Honors and Awards:

• Health Care Hero Award – 2021
• Coastal Virginia Magazine “Top Doc” 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018. 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• 2011 Faculty Teaching Award for Pediatric Clerkship, EVMS
• 2010 Rubio/Koehl Resident Teaching Award in General Pediatrics, CHKD and EVMS

Publications:

• Biondi E, Evans R, et al. Epidemiology of Bacteremia in Febrile Infants in the United States. Pediatrics 2013; 132:990-996.
• Evans R, Fine B. Time to Detection of Bacterial Cultures in Infants Aged 0-90 Days. Hospital Pediatrics 2013; 3:97-102.

Contact Info:

(757) 668-8177