{"id":92132,"date":"2014-04-22T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=92132"},"modified":"2014-04-22T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T16:12:44","slug":"uconn-health-names-new-ob-gyn-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2014\/04\/uconn-health-names-new-ob-gyn-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health Names New Ob\/Gyn Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Molly Brewer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Molly Brewer<\/a>, who has led UConn Health\u2019s Division of Gynecologic Oncology since 2006, has been named chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/a>, following a national search.<\/p>\n

Brewer is a nationally recognized expert with clinical and research interests in women\u2019s cancer prevention. At UConn Health, she leads a multidisciplinary women\u2019s cancer prevention team and is collaborating with colleagues within the University to develop new technologies to detect ovarian cancer. Under her leadership, the Division of Gynecologic Oncology added a new gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Angela Kueck<\/a>, as well as new services for women, including robotic surgery.<\/p>\n

Brewer began her career in veterinary medicine and received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine. She then received her medical degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) in Syracuse and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Oregon Health Science in Portland. She was a Galloway Fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston where she stayed on the faculty for five years. In addition, she received a master\u2019s degree from the University of Michigan\u2019s School of Public Health in Statistics and Clinical Research Design. She is consistently named on America\u2019s Top Doctors and other prestigious lists.<\/p>\n

In her new role, Brewer will continue to see patients and will oversee the general ob\/gyn practice; as well as specialty services in the Departments of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.<\/p>\n

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Follow UConn Health<\/a> on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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