University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics

Lesley L. Breech, MD

Appointment

Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Assistant Professor OB / Gyn, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

lesley.breech@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4681

Fax

513-636-8844

Bio

Lesley L. Breech, MD, recently joined Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a staff member of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Section of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. She came from Emory University in Atlanta where she was Director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Program and Medical Director of the Teen Reproductive Health Services at Grady Health System.

Dr. Breech earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at the Ohio State University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University in St. Louis followed by a fellowship in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, with an emphasis on the management of genital anomalies both at Boston Children's Hospital and Emory University. She has a special interest in the care of girls and young women with abnormalities of the development of the reproductive organs.

Dr. Breech has joined the multidisciplinary care provided by the Center for Pediatric Pelvic and Genitourinary Reconstruction. She also provides gynecologic care for young women with bleeding disorders, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis, and other gynecologic concerns of pediatric and adolescent females.

Credentials

MD: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1994
Residency: Ob / Gyn, Washington University, St Louis, MO, 1998
Fellowship: Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology, Washington University, St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, MO, 2000
Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000

Awards and Honors

Best Doctors in America, 2008
Awarded "2005 Best Doctors"
Reproductive Epidemiology and Clinical Trial Design Program, Berlex Foundation Award, 2002

Research

Outcomes after surgical treatment of genital anomalies; management of young women with bleeding disorders.

Publications, Most Recent

Braverman, P.K.; Breech, L.L.: Menorrhagia in a Teenager. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, 2004; 17:61-64.

Johnson, M.A.; Breech, L.L.: Acute pelvic pain in adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, 2003; 16:253-255.

Breech L.L., Rock J.A.: Surgery for Anomalies of the Mullerian Ducts In, TeLinde's Operative Gynecology. Ninth edition, Eds Rock J.A., Jones H.A. Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2003.

Breech L.L., Rock J.A.: Surgical Corrections of Uterovaginal Anomalies In, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Third edition, Eds Sciarra J.J. Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins, 2004.

Presentations, Most Recent

Breech, L.L.; Basil, J.; Wulkan, M.: Juvenile granulosa cell tumor in a 6-month old infant. Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; May 16-18, 2003; Philadelphia, PA.