Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Christine Walsh, MD

Associate Professor
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd., Suite 160W
Los Angeles, CA
USA 90048


Biographical Sketch:
My education includes a BS degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University in 1994, MD from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1998, residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in 2002 and fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2005. I received a Master of Science in Clinical Research from the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2007. I am currently an assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and I serve as the fellowship director for gynecologic oncology for the combined UCLA/CSMC training program."

Papers:
130 - Featured Poster Too much, too late: aggressive measures and the timing of end-of life care discussions in women with gynecologic malignancies 194 - Poster Session A A KRAS hot spot mutation correlates with MLH1 methylation in endometrial carcinomas with microsatellite instability: a potential triage tool for Lynch syndrome evaluation 330 - Poster Session A Lack of genomic predictors of recurrence in uterine carcinoma 331 - Poster Session A Genomic characterization of grade 3 endometrial carcinoma 361 - Poster Session B Breast cancer following ovarian cancer in BRCA mutation carriers: what is the cost of surveillance? 368 - Poster Session B Risk of breast cancer following ovarian cancer and the impact on overall survival 424 - Poster Session B Impact of obesity on secondary cytoreductive surgery and overall survival in women with recurrent ovarian cancer 487 - Poster Session B Risk factors for recurrent high grade vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia and progression to carcinoma