Leslie A. Edgar, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, OCN

Leslie Edgar joined Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology in 1992 after serving as oncology and diabetes patient care manager at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. An oncology nurse practitioner since 1997, she earned a master’s degree in nursing at Indiana University.

Career highlights:

• Member of Oncology Nursing Society.
• Member of American Society of Clinical Oncology.
• Former board member of American Cancer Society, Greater-Fort Wayne unit.
• Former chair of American Cancer Society Professional Nursing Committee.
• Member of American College of Nurse Practitioners.
• Member of Cancer and Leukemia Group B.
• Received Graduate Nursing Student Award at Indiana University Indianapolis.
• Received Alumni Award for Highest Scholastic Achievement at Parkview Methodist School in Fort Wayne.
• Received the Sandra Turner Excellence in Clinical Research Award from the Hoosier Oncology Group.

Education:

• Earned a diploma in nursing at Parkview Methodist School of Nursing in Fort Wayne.
• Completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Purdue University.
• Earned a master’s degree in nursing at Indiana University.
• Awarded post-graduate family nurse practitioner certification from the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne.

Other interests:

• Reading, bird watching, hiking, and spending time with her family and her two cats and dog.