Dr. Kimberly Les, four-year Clarkston resident, has been appointed director of Orthopedic Oncology Surgery at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Les is excited about her new position.
‘I look at it as a great opportunity to educate the residents, teach all their physicians, but most importantly taking good care of the patients,? she said.
In 1998 Les joined Beaumont’s staff as a bone cancer specialist. She made presentations across the country on a variety of topics from treatment of metastatic bone tumors to limb salvage in pediatric oncology patients.
Les also gives a musculoskeletal review course at Michigan State University and Beaumont Hospital every year.
Les was born and raised in Massachusetts. Prior to coming to Michigan, she received her undergraduate degree from Brown University in Rhode Island, then attended medical school at George Washington University in Washington D.C.
In 1992, Les came to Detroit to complete her five year residency in orthopedic surgery at Henry Ford Hospital. After residency, Les completed a fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology at the University of Chicago Hospital.