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A specialist in the state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic cancer, Dr. Thomas Herzog has been named Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He has also been appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons. Dr. Herzog joined NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where he conducted extensive research in the underlying causes and mechanisms of gynecologic cancer.

"As one of the country's leading gynecologic oncologists, Dr. Herzog is an outstanding addition to Columbia's renowned gynecologic oncology staff," says Dr. Mary E. D'Alton, obstetrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Willard C. Rappleye Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Herzog has a keen interest in applying the principles learned from the lab to the clinical setting. He is a principal investigator in a number of Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) clinical trials focusing on ovarian cancer. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and has lectured extensively.

Dr. Herzog graduated from medical school at the University of Cincinnati, and completed his residency at Cincinnati's Good Samaritan Hospital in 1990. At the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, he completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology in 1993. There, he most recently served as an associate professor and the Director of the Gynecologic Oncology fellowship training program. He is board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology and gynecologic oncology.

Other recent appointments to the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology include Dr. Carmel J. Cohen, who also joins the division of gynecologic oncology, and Dr. Bhavana Pothuri, who will direct the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia tumor clinic. Dr. Cohen was the founder and longstanding chairman of Gynecologic Oncology and Vice Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mt. Sinai. He is known as a leader in the field through his research and clinical accomplishments.

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