Professional Experience

Associate Director (Acting) | Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE), U.S. Food & Drug Administration

• Associate Director (Acting) of Education & Gynecologic Oncology, Oncology Center of Excellence, July 2025 to present
  • Lead strategy for internal and external partnerships (ex. across FDA Centers and with professional organizations and patient advocacy groups) that facilitate the mission of the OCE
  • Support the professional development of the OCE/OND physician staff  
  • Provide expert guidance on clinical development of gynecologic oncology drugs, from phase 1 through review of marketing applications & post-marketing pharmacovigilance, ensuring alignment with evidence-based & regulatory standards
• Cross-Center Team Lead, Oncology Review, September 2024 to present
• Physician, November 2023 to July 2025

Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology | Johns Hopkins Medicine | 2017 to present

• Authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts on improving health care outcomes, use of digital applications to facilitate screening for social determinants of health, and the management of gynecologic cancers https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1BAqVjCCEkEkf/bibliography/public/
• Principal or co-investigator on more than $3 million in grant funding, including NIH ovarian & cervical cancer P50 SPORE grants
• Contributed to the Society of Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Care Guidelines and served on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN) Committee for Uterine, Cervical, Vulvar/Vaginal and Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia
• Delivered, chaired or moderated 200+ lectures, conferences, & workshops nationally/internationally
• Board certified in Gynecologic Oncology and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Active DC & Maryland Medical Licenses

Physician Advisor and Vice Chair of Quality, Safety & Service | Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics,

The Johns Hopkins Hospital | 2022 to 2023                                                   

• Implemented department level quality improvement, patient safety & high value care initiatives as the leader of a multidisciplinary team & while engaging a diverse group of stakeholders
• Served as department liaison to hospital leadership & to clinical and administrative departments across the institution
• Managed medical staff affairs including credentialing & peer review
• Directed utilization & risk management, billing, coding, & regulatory functions

Director, Clinical Operations | The Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service, Johns Hopkins Medicine | 2020 to 2023

• Led multidisciplinary teams to

• operationalize gynecologic cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic - maintained clinical capacity, launched telemedicine & work from home programs, developed perioperative protocols, established remote rounding, conducted outreach to patients & providers
• instituted universal social resource needs screening & resource referral to improve health equity
• implement clinical care pathways to address opioid prescribing, venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, & integration of palliative care into standard oncology care

• Designed gynecologic oncology resident education program
• Represented the Division, including to the Cancer Center, Operating Room Executive, & Compensation Committees
• Medical Director of the Gynecologic Oncology inpatient unit & ambulatory clinics