As a major teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess is world-renowned for humane patient care, leading biomedical research and excellence in teaching. The medical center offers clinical expertise in the following areas: cancer care, cardiology, cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, dermatology, general surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics, orthopedics, psychiatry, transplant surgery, trauma care, urology and women's health.