BOSTON - Leslie A. Garrett, MD, has joined Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as a gynecology oncology attending physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Garrett received her medical training from Rosalind Franklin University/Chicago Medical School in Chicago and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She comes to BIDMC after completing a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Garrett's clinical interests and expertise include cytoreductive surgery for ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer, as well as minimally invasive surgery including robotic surgery and single incision laparoscopic surgery for gynecologic malignancies.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a patient care, teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and currently ranks third in National Institutes of Health funding among independent hospitals nationwide. BIDMC is clinically affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and is a research partner of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. BIDMC is the official hospital of the Boston Red Sox. For more information, visit www.bidmc.org.