Women's Cancer Center, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health in the Medical School at the University of Minnesota

 

Linda Carson
Professor
and Chair

Patricia Judson
Assistant
Professor
Fellowship
Director

Levi S. Downs, Jr.
Assistant
Professor

 
 

Peter Argenta
Assistant Professor

Rahel Ghebre
Assistant
Professor

Melissa Geller
Assistant Professor

 

Women's Cancer Center
516 Delaware Street SE
,
Clinic 1C (First Floor)
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Appointments: 612-626-4338

The Women's Cancer Center was established in 1988 to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated program of care for women with malignant disease of the reproductive tract.  Since its inception the center has achieved among the highest five-year cancer survival rates in the world as determined by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO). 

The entire treatment team of board-certified gynecologic oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic pathologists, nurse oncology program coordinators, dietitians, and social workers participate in a coordinated fashion to deliver the maximum in quality patient care. 

The center brings together the skills and expertise of the University of Minnesota  Medical Center, Fairview including the  Women's Health Center clinic, Patient Care Unit (7-C), Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Masonic Day Hospital, and Home Health Services to bridge the gap between the inpatient and outpatient experience. 

The Women's Cancer Center has three primary goals. First, it strives to provide state-of-the-art care for women with cancers of the reproductive system; second, it seeks to make innovative screening programs available to healthy women at risk for cancer; and third, it seeks to offer its expertise in gynecologic oncology to health care professionals throughout the community and region.  

In connection with these goals, the Women's Cancer Center provides outreach education and consultation to community practitioners as well as case management by nurse program coordinators. 

The Women's Cancer Center has an active outpatient service visited by more than 3,500 patients per year, approximately 400 are new cancer patients. Each year the 25-bed inpatient service (7-C) admits approximately 1,800 patients.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview

Information   612-273-3000
Health Information Management
    612-626-3535


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