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Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez,

Gynecologic Oncology Surgeon

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Location
City of Hope Duarte
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Specialties
Gynecologic Oncology
Education
Medical school:
Board Certifications

  • 1988-present, Certificate of Special Competence in Gynecological Oncology

  • 1987-present, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Degrees

  • 1996, Biochemistry Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY

  • 1993, M.S. Biochemistry, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY

  • 1979, Doctor of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical School, San Juan, PR

  • 1975, Bachelor in Science (Magnum cum Laude), University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

Fellowship

  • 1986, Fellowship, Gynecological Oncology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Residency

  • 1983, Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rutgers Medical School, Cooper University Hospital Camden, New Jersey

Internship

  • 1983, Internship, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rutgers Medical School, Cooper University Hospital Camden, New Jersey

Professional Experience

  • 2019-present, Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, California

  • 2019-present, Vice Chair of Faculty Development, City of Hope, Duarte, California

  • 2008-2019, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology with tenure

  • 2017-2019, Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Rutgers CINJ

  • 2016-2017, Acting Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Rutgers CINJ

  • 2012-present, Director of Precision Medicine, Rutgers CINJ

  • 2012-2017, Director, Biorepository Services, Rutgers CINJ

  • 2000-2012, Chief, Gynecologic Oncology, CINJ

  • 2000-2008, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology with tenure, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  • 1996-2000, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Rochester Medical School

  • 1996-2000, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Rochester Medical School

  • 1996-2000, Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Rochester Medical School

  • 1986-1995, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Academic Appointments
  • Vice Chair of Faculty Development
  • Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Surgery
About Me
I am determined to work in finding ways to make women with ovarian cancer feel better and I definitely hope to find a cure someday soon.
 
For more than 30 years, Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., has been a standout in gynecological oncology. Specializing in ovarian cancer, she has served as clinician, instructor and researcher at several of America's leading medical institutions.
 
Her interest in medicine began when, as a child, she watched as doctors cared for her chronically ill brother. “I wanted to be one of them,” she recalls, “so I could help people when they felt hopeless ... I wanted to be both a scientist that would make discoveries and find new cures, and a physician that could alleviate the pain of illness.”
 
The much-honored Dr. Rodriguez-Rodriguez earned her medical degree at University of Puerto Rico Medical School and continued her training at Rutgers Medical School, University of Michigan Medical School and University of Rochester Medical School. She's held positions at Rochester, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, among others.
 
Consistently rated one of America's "Top Doctors," Dr. Rodriguez-Rodriguez spent two decades leading the Gynecologic Oncology Department at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
 
A noted researcher, Dr. Rodriguez-Rodriguez is eagerly continuing her ovarian cancer investigations at City of Hope, which she calls “the perfect environment” that's home to “many amazing scientists and clinicians (with) similar goals about making discoveries to cure cancer.”
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