IJGC Podcast

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Koji Matsuo to discuss chemotherapy and radiation vs. radiation alone after radical hysterectomy. Dr. Matsuo is Associate Professor and Chief of the Oncology Research in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at University of Southern California. Dr. Matsuo’s research focuses on outcomes research in gynecologic...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Ross Harrison to discuss fertility outcomes in women with endometrial hyperplasia or cancer. Before starting fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2018, Dr. Harrison completed residency in obstetrics & gynecology at the University of Wisconsin. His research interests are related to the costs of cancer car...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Tien Le to discuss comparison of oncologic outcomes in endometrial cancer: robotics vs. laparotomy, especially in regards to his article, “A comparison of disease recurrence between robotic versus laparotomy approach in patients with intermediate-risk endometrial cancer,” which is the Lead Article in IJGC’s Fe...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Andreas Obermair from the University of Queensland to discuss adverse events of open vs. minimally invasice radical hysterectomy. Andreas Obermair is a gynaecological oncologist in Brisbane, Australia promoting surgery with proven better patient outcomes.

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Jason Wright to discuss simple vs radical hysterectomy in early cervical cancer. Dr. Jason D. Wright is the Sol Goldman Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Columbia University. Dr. Wright’s research focuses on health services and outcomes research.

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. David Cibula to discuss the ESGO Cervical Cancer Quality Indicators, which features as the Lead Article in the January 2020 issue of IJGC (https://ijgc.bmj.com/content/30/1/3). Dr. Cibula is the Chair of the Gynecologic Oncology Center at the General Faculty Hospital in Prague, Chair of the Central and Eastern...

In this rebroadcasted episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Michael Frumovitz (@Frumovitz) from MD Anderson Cancer Center to talk about updates on neuroendocrine tumors of the cervix. This podcast accompanies the lead article in our July 2019 issue, which can be found at ijgc.bmj.com/content/29/6/986.

Description: In this rebroadcasted episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Shannon Westin (Twitter: @ShannonWestin) from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, to talk about conservative management of endometrial cancer. They discuss the ideal candidates of conservative management, available imaging studies, discussing treatment options and side effe...

In this rebroadcasted episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Mario Leitao (Twitter: @leitaomd) from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to talk about management of vulvovaginal melanoma.

In this rebroadcasted episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Robert Soslow from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to talk about the three-tier classification of cervical carcinoma. The discuss the patterns A, B, and C in the Silva classification scheme and the clinical implications and reproducibility of these patterns. Check out Dr. Soslow's previou...

In this rebroadcasted episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. David Gershenson (Twitter: @RareOvarCancers) from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, to talk about updates on management of low-grade ovarian tumors. They discuss the grading classifications, the history and survival of low-grade and high-grade serous carcinoma, and determining the ide...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Robert Coleman (Twitter: @rcoledude) from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, to talk about the results of GOG 213

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Robert Soslow to talk about updates on endometrial cancer pathology. Rob Soslow has been the lead gynecologic pathologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for nearly 20 years and has served on the executive committee of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists, the council of the Intern...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Igance Vergote to talk about HIPEC in advanced ovarian cancer. Professor Ignace Vergote is Chairman of the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the Catholic University Leuven since 2003. He published more than 900 papers on gynecologic cancer in peer-reviewed journals and his work was cited more than 50.000...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Nicole Fleming to talk about imaging and laparoscopy in assessment of advanced ovarian cancer. Dr. Fleming is an Associate Professor in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She is the Chair of the Ovarian Cancer quality improvement committee for her department and...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Walter Gotlieb to talk about robotic surgery for interval cytoreduction in advanced ovarian cancer and his article, "Incorporating robotic surgery into the management of ovarian cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy" (https://ijgc.bmj.com/content/early/2019/10/09/ijgc-2019-000413), which is the Lead Article fo...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. Henrik Falconer from Karolinska University Hospital to talk about the RACC trial. Dr. Falconer is the Head of Gynecological Oncology at Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden and the Principal Investigator for the RACC trial.

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Reitan Riberio from the Erasto Gertner Hospital in Brazil to talk about uterine transposition surgery.

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Alexander Melamed from Columbia University to talk about health services research in gynecologic oncology. Dr. Melamed is an assistant professor in Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a gynecologic oncologist practicing at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medic...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Ester Miralpeix from Hospital Del Mar to talk about prehabilitation programs in gynecologic oncology and her article, ""Role and impact of multimodal prehabilitation for gynecologic oncology patients in an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program"" {https://ijgc.bmj.com/content/early/2019/08/30/ijgc-2019...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Amir Jazaeri from the MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide an introductory overview of the current state and future challenges for immunotherapy in gynecologic cancers. Dr. Jazaeri is a Professor and the Director of the Gynecologic Cancer Immunotherapy Program in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Repr...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Marie Plante to talk about the CONTESSA/NEOCON Trial and conservative management of cervical cancer. Dr. Plante has a major interest in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) approaches in the treatment of gynecologic cancers and in fertility-preserving surgery for young women with cervical cancer. Dr Plante is cur...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Joe Dottino from the MD Anderson Cancer Center to talk about HCAHPS scores and gynecologic oncology outcomes. Dr. Joseph Dottino is in his final year of fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His research interests include quality and safety in cancer care and...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Amanika Kumar from the Mayo Clinic to talk about the role of Normothermia in gynecologic oncology. Dr. Amanika Kumar, MD, is a gynecologic oncologist at Mayo Clinic. She researches ovarian cancer patient outcomes and quality of life with a focus on surgical outcomes, frailty, and sarcopenia.

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Scott Glaser from City of Hope to talk about the the new classification of "Unfavorable Risk Criteria" for endometrial cancer. Be sure to read his article, "A proposal for a new classification of ‘unfavorable risk criteria’ in patients with stage I endometrial cancer," published in the September 2019 issue of...