Posts by Amy Bregar, MD
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Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer via Biomarker Discovery in Uterine Lavage
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers recently received an award from The Prevent Cancer Foundation to fund their research in ovarian cancer early detection.
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Lymph Node Evaluation Underutilized for Early-stage Vulvar Cancer
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found in a nationwide study that contrary to guidelines, 34% of eligible patients with early-stage vulvar cancer did not undergo lymph node evaluation. Among patients 80 and older, the figure was 49%, even though withholding lymph node assessment did not improve survival.
Biography
Amy Bregar, MD, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Princeton University. Dr. Bregar received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Brown University/Women and Infants Hospital and a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Bregar is faculty at Mass General and is the director of the Gynecologic Oncology Program at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire.
Dr. Bregar is an Assistant in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. She is the director of the gynecologic oncology sub-internship for medical students and is lead faculty for the resident gynecologic oncology rotation at Mass General. She has won numerous teaching awards from the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University and Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Bregar’s research interest include clinical trial development, medical education, and quality improvement. She is a member of multiple professional organizations, including the New Investigators Committee and the Older Adults Working Group of the national NRG (formally Gynecologic Oncology Group or GOG). Dr. Bregar is a principal investigator of clinical trials evaluating novel therapies in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Dr. Bregar has completed the Partner’s Clinical Process Improvement Leadership Program (CPIP) with the goal of reducing operating room turnover time.
Mass General Center for Gynecologic Oncology
The Center for Gynecologic Oncology offers women comprehensive care supported by surgical innovation, research and clinical trials in all types and stages of gyn cancer, including cervical, endometrial, ovarian, uterine, vaginal and vulvar.
