Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Madeleine B. Courtney-Brooks, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
300 Halket Street
Pittsburgh, PA
USA 15213


Biographical Sketch:
I am a third year Gynecologic Oncology fellow at the University of Virginia Health System. I have participated in several research studies involving women with gynecologic cancers including both prospective and retrospective studies at UVA. During my fellowship I have been fortunate to earn my Masters in Public Health degree and took several classes in Health Policy and Public Health.

Papers:
132 Therapeutic benefit of lymphadenectomy in low grade epithelial ovarian carcinoma: a national cancer database study 232 Surgical outcomes of patients undergoing extrafascial hysterectomy following neoadjuvant high-dose rate brachytherapy for locally advanced endometrial cancer clinically extending to the cervix or parametria 289 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy reduces operative morbidity without effecting time to recurrence in advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer