We are committed to the philosophy that an integrated multidisciplinary team approach is necessary to provide optimal care for women with ovarian cancer. Our center brings together top experts from the fields of Gynecologic, Medical, and Surgical Oncology, Gynecologic Pathology, and Radiographic Imaging to develop an individualized treatment plan for each patient.

Robert E. Bristow, M.D. received his medical degree from the University of Southern California. He went on to complete his residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and his fellowship subspecialty training in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine/Cedars Sinai Medical Center.  He then returned to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a full-time faculty member in 1998.

Dr. Bristow now serves as Director of the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service and the Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence.  His primary research interests include radiographic imaging of gynecologic cancers, the surgical management of cancers of the ovary and endometrium, and patterns of health care delivery for women with gynecologic cancer. 

In addition to having received numerous awards for teaching excellence, Dr. Bristow directs the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology approved F. J. Montz Fellowship Training Program in Gynecologic Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Robert L. Giuntoli, II, M.D. received both his bachelor of arts, summa cum laude, and his doctorate of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He went on to complete his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University Medical Center.  He then completed a fellowship in breast health at the Program in Women's Oncology at Brown University School of Medicine and a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the Mayo Clinic.

Now an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence, Dr. Giuntoli focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of cancers of the female genital tract including ovarian, cervical, uterine, vulvar and gestational trophoblastic disease.  He further focuses on immunotherapy for gynecologic cancers.

Dr. Giuntoli’s most recent accolade was being awarded the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation/Ann Schreiber Ovarian Cancer Research Grant for “Ex Vivo Expansion and Identification of Ovarian Cancer Cytotoxic T lymphocytes.” 

Edward Lloyd Trimble, M.D., MPH received his bachelor of arts from Harvard.  He received both his medical degree and his masters in public health from Johns Hopkins University.   He went on to complete his residency in gynecology and obstetrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and his fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Trimble is an Associate Professor in Gynecologic Oncology on the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service and the Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence.  His primary responsibilities are at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), where he oversees NCI-sponsored clinical trials for gynecologic malignancies and women’s health.

Terri L. Cornelison, M.D., Ph.D.  received her bachelor of arts from Bryn Mawr College.  She went on to receive her medical degree from Yale University and her Ph.D. from George Washington University.   She then completed her residency in gynecology and obstetrics at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and her fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York. 
  
Dr. Cornelison is now an Assistant Professor in Gynecologic Oncology in the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service and the Johns Hopkins Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence.  Her primary responsibilities are at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), where she serves as the program director of the Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Research Group in the Division of Cancer Prevention.  Her focus is on overseeing clinical trials dealing with the prevention or early detection of gynecologic malignancies. 

Teresa P. Diaz-Montes, M.D., M.P.H., received her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  She completed her residency at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 2003, and her Gynecologic Oncology fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD in 2006. During that time, she also received a Masters in Public Health from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University as well.

Dr. Diaz-Montes has now been brought on as a new faculty member to the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service in July 2006. Her interests are in all gynecologic cancers, as well as outreach to the Hispanic community. She has received multiple honors and awards, both here in the United States, as well as in Puerto Rico. Dr. Diaz-Montes also has multiple publications in the gynecologic oncology literature, with emphasis on ovarian, cervical and uterine malignancies.