A different kind of precision: targeting the cells responsible for metastasis and recurrence

Ryan Roberts, MD, PhD, is a physician in the Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplant at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and a principal investigator in the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s. Dr. Roberts is an assistant professor of pediatrics and a member of the Translational Therapeutics research program at The Ohio State University James Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is a graduate of the Medical Scientist Training Program at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He completed his residency in pediatrics and a Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and BMT fellowship at Nationwide Children’s. A physician-scientist, Dr. Roberts specializes in treating childhood sarcomas. He has led the Osteosarcoma Biology Committee of the Children’s Oncology Group since 2020. The Roberts laboratory studies the processes that lead to metastasis in osteosarcoma and other pediatric solid tumors.