Alex Lion, DO, MPH

Bio

Alex Lion, DO MPH, is a pediatric neuro-oncologist at Riley Hospital for Children, whose clinical care focuses on neuro-oncology and cancer predisposition, and whose scholarship focuses on the integration of patient religion and spirituality into their care, with special attention to religious and spiritual diversity. He holds multiple leadership appointments at the IU School of Medicine, including as medical director of pediatric neuro-oncology and the oncology director of the pediatric cancer predisposition program.

He has co-authored multiple publications in regards to spirituality in the setting of serious and life threatening illness in children, ethics publications on physician prayer and how to address parents praying for a miracle, a review of chaplain notes with insights as to how to integrate chaplain care into medical practice, as well as a pilot study of interprofessional spiritual care in pediatric hematology/oncology. Dr. Lion currently holds a grant to provide team-based spiritual care training across the statewide IU Health system.

Dr. Lion is the co-director of the Religion and Spirituality in Medicine Scholarly Concentration at the IU School of Medicine. He is also the associate director of the Evans Center for the Integration of Spiritual and Religious Values at IU Health, in which he hosts a quarterly spirituality research colloquium.

On a national level, Dr. Lion sits on the executive leadership committee for the Conference on Medicine and Religion. As the Evans Center hosted the 2024 Conference on Medicine and Religion in Indianapolis, Dr. Lion led the planning committee and was the master of ceremonies for the conference.