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Meet Gynecologic Oncologist Paola Gehrig, MD

Paola Gehrig, MD, is a gynecologic oncologist that cares for patients with cancers of the uterus, the cervix, and the ovaries. She is passionate about advocating on the national level for research funding for women's cancers. Learn more at: https://uvahealth.com/findadoctor/pro... Transcript Hi, my name is Paola Gehrig, and I'm a gynecologic oncologist at the University of Virginia. My clinical practice is gynecologic oncology, and what that means is I am responsible for the surgical care, the medical care, in terms of chemotherapy and directing radiation therapy for patients who have gynecologic malignancies. People don't really know what gynecologic malignancies are, but those would be cancers of the uterus, the cervix, and the ovary primarily. As we go through our careers in medicine, we're shaped by so many things. We're shaped by mentors, we're shaped by sponsors, we're shaped by our trainees, we're shaped by our patients. And I have to say that the amazing patients that I have the opportunity and the privilege to take care of, just reinforce that I made the right decision, every day. I'm really getting and developing an increasing passion for advocacy for our patients. Research funding for women's cancer pales in comparison to the funding for other malignancies. So really trying to work on a national level in terms of advocating for more federal funding so that we can combat these diseases. So what I would say if you were to come here, you're going to get individual care from the moment someone picks up the phone. It's such a big place and you have a new diagnosis and you've never been here before, you're not going to get lost. Trust me, I have and there's always someone there to help me get back on track. One of the things that I've been most impressed by in my time here is just the selflessness and the generosity of people's time and energy that they're really willing to spend with our patients, that we have such a privilege to take care of.