Paola Gehrig, MD, discusses her joy of taking care of patients from diagnosis through survivorship

Paola Gehrig, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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I love being a G1 oncologist. I've wanted to be a G1 oncologist since I was a third-year medical student. The opportunity to take care of my patients from the time of diagnosis through survivorship, and then ultimately as they transition to the next phase of life, should it come to that, really brings me great joy. It's difficult, but it's very rewarding to get to know my patients, get to know their families, and then to be able to impart that knowledge to the trainees, whether they're medical students, residents or fellows, really is why I do what I do.
Hi, my name is Paula Gehrig. I'm a practicing G1 oncologist and the chair of the Department of Ob-Gyn here at UVA. I got here in June of 2022, and it's just been super fun and exciting to really build this department and hire a lot of really intelligent, hardworking, innovative new faculty so that we can continue to deliver the best of care to the patients that we serve here in Virginia.
My primary research interest has been endometrial cancer, and throughout my career, I've been very interested in clinical trials, be they surgical trials or novel therapeutics. Unlike many other malignancies, endometrial cancer is seeing an increase in incidence as well as mortality. We are opening a clinical trial here looking at patients who have a mutation in ARod one D and looking to see if these patients may benefit from bevacizumab or neuropathic, is a novel therapy to improve the outcomes of the patients that we serve.