Linda Rosenbaum Duska, MD, MPH
Gynecologic Oncology
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Bio & Overview
Linda Duska, MD MPH, is a gynecologic oncologist at UVA Health. She takes care of women with gynecologic cancers as well as women with benign but complicated surgical problems.
In addition to surgery, she prescribes chemotherapy for gynecologic malignancies.
Her research focuses on clinical trials, allowing women with cancer to access new and exciting treatments for their disease.
Dr. Duska was born in New York City, and grew up in a Boston suburb. She attended Swarthmore College and NYU School of Medicine. After her residency in OB/GYN at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, she completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
She stayed in Boston for 13 years, rising to the rank of associate professor at Harvard. In 2008, she left to join UVA and direct the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program.
In addition to her clinical role, Dr. Duska is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and serves as the associate dean for clinical research at UVA School of Medicine. In her associate dean role, she works to improve the infrastructure that supports clinical research at the school as well as helping other clinical researchers to be successful in their efforts to find new treatments for diseases.
Dr. Duska runs the clinical trials program in Gynecologic Oncology and serves as the Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Duska met her husband in their freshman year of college and they have been married for 34 years. They have 4 adult children. Her hobbies include running, and she and her husband try to run a marathon together once a year.
Academic Information
- Department
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Gynecological Oncology
- Research Interests
- Endometrial cancer, clinical trials
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- New York University School of Medicine
- Residency
- John Hopkins Medial Institutions
- Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine (-), American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Gynecologic Oncology), American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Highlights
Dr. Linda Duska video profile
I'm Linda Duska and I'm a Gynecologic Oncologist at the University of Virginia. I take care of women with gynecologic cancer. Not breast cancer; but women with uterine, cervical, ovarian, vaginal or vulvar cancer. I also take care of women with complex gynecologic problems. What I see one of my big roles in at UVA is to make us the place to come in the state of Virginia when you have cancer. Not just because we can provide the most up-to-date technologically advanced surgeries, but also because we have the ability to provide the most up-to-date novel therapeutics. You don't need to go anywhere else. You can come here. We have groundbreaking clinical trials. We have great scientists. We have everything that you would expect to find at a world-class cancer institution. I'm passionate about my work and what I do. I spend a lot of time doing it. It makes me very happy which is good. I'm passionate about my family and my children who are all fabulous. Anyone who knows me well knows I'm passionate about running, and I've run a few too many marathons in my life. One of the things I really love about being a GYN oncologist is that unlike other surgical oncologists, we take care of our patients all the way through the course of their disease. So we don't just perform your surgery and then pass you on to a medical oncologist, we do it all. We help take you through the journey and that relationship is really important to me and I think to my patients as well. I get a lot of satisfaction out of that relationship and about helping people to achieve that quality of life that they really want to have.
Awards
- 2011-2020 Best Doctors in America® List
- 2015 One of America's Top Cancer Doctors, Newsweek®
Reviews
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