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Gynecologic Oncology

Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital

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Dr. Whitfield Growdon is an obstetrician/gynecologist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Massachusetts General Hospital and North Shore Medical Center. He received his medical degree from UMass Chan Medical School and has been in practice 14 years. He specializes in gynecologic oncology and is experienced in ovarian neoplasms, gynecologic oncology, adenocarcinoma, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, and robotic gynecologic surgery.

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2003 - 2007
University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolClass of 2003

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FACOG) American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

PubMed

Regarding "Surgical nodal assessment for endometrial hyperplasia - A meta-analysis and systematic review".
Mackenzie W Sullivan, Alexa N Kanbergs, Whitfield B Growdon
Gynecologic Oncology. 2024-10-01
3 citations
Sialyl-Tn serves as a potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer.
Linah Al-Alem, Jillian M Prendergast, Justin Clark, Bianca Zarrella, Dominique T Zarrella
Journal of Ovarian Research. 2024-04-02
ChatGPT accurately performs genetic counseling for gynecologic cancers.
Jharna M Patel, Catherine E Hermann, Whitfield B Growdon, Emeline Aviki, Marina Stasenko
Gynecologic Oncology. 2024-04-01

Journal Articles

PARP Inhibition Induces Enrichment of DNA Repair Proficient CD133 and CD117 Positive Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells
Whitfield B Growdon, Bo R Rueda, Clinical Cancer Research

Other

Ovarian and fallopian tube torsion
Growdon WB, Laufer MR
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/ovarian-and-fallopian-tube-torsion
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-22

When Insurance Wouldn’t Pay, Parents Funded Cancer Patient’s $95000 Lifesaving TreatmentAugust 16th, 2018
Delivering Palliative Care to Gyn Onc PatientsMay 28th, 2018
Angelina Jolie Column About Surgery Heralded by Top Ovarian Cancer DoctorsMarch 24th, 2015
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