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Kathleen M. Schmeler, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Postgraduate Training

7/2004-12/2007 Fellow, Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Experience/Service

Institutional Committee Activities

Member, Survivorship Education Subcommittee, 2009
Member, Cervix Working Group, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2008
Member, Surgery Working Group, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2008
Member, POE Value Analysis Team, U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2008
Member, Inpatient Management Task Force, U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2008

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Schmeler K, Mayo-Smith W, Peipert J, Weitzen S, Manuel M, Gordinier M. Adnexal masses in pregnancy: surgery compared with observation. Obstet Gynecol 105:1098-1103, 2005.
2. Schmeler K, Soliman P, Sun C, Slomovitz B, Gershenson D, Lu K. Endometrial cancer in young, normal-weight women. Gynecol Oncol 99:388-392, 2005.
3. Schmeler K, Lynch H, Chen L, Munsell M, Soliman P, Clark M, Daniels M, White K, Boyd-Rogers S, Conrad P, Yang K, Rubin M, Sun C, Slomovitz B, Gershenson D, Lu K. Prophylactic surgery for the reduction of gynecologic cancer risk in women with Lynch syndrome (HNPCC). N Eng J Med 354:261-269, 2006.
4. Schmeler K, Sun C, Bodurka D, White K, Soliman P, Uyei A, Erlichman J, Arun B, Daniels M, Rimes S, Peterson S, Slomovitz A, Slomovitz B, Milam M, Gershenson D, Lu K. Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy compared with surveillance in women with BRCA mutations. Obstet Gynecol 108:515-520, 2007.
5. Schmeler K, Sun C, Bodurka D, Deavers M, Malpica A, Coleman R, Ramirez P, Gershenson D. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or peritoneum. Gynecol Oncol 108:510-4, 3/2008. e-Pub 12/2007. PMID: 18155273.

Last updated: 9/18/2009