M.D., Ph.D.
Gynecologic Oncologist; Vice Chair of Faculty Development; Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Surgery, City of Hope Cancer Center Duarte
University of Puerto Rico Medical School, San Juan, PR
Obstetrics and Gynecology - Rutgers Medical School, Cooper University Hospital Camden, NJ
Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., has dedicated more than 30 years to caring for people with gynecologic cancers, with a special focus on ovarian cancer. Currently serving at City of Hope® Cancer Center Duarte, she is a highly respected clinician, researcher and teacher who has worked at several leading institutions across the country.
Her passion for medicine began in childhood, when she watched doctors care for her chronically ill brother. “I wanted to help people when they felt hopeless,” she says. “I hoped to become both a scientist who could make discoveries and a physician who could ease the pain of illness.” Today, she remains deeply committed to improving the lives of women with ovarian cancer — and to finding a cure. “I am determined to help women feel better, and I truly hope we find a cure soon,” she says.
Dr. Rodriguez-Rodriguez earned her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School and completed advanced training at Rutgers Medical School, the University of Michigan Medical School and the University of Rochester Medical School. She has held leadership and faculty roles at institutions including the University of Rochester, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. For 20 years, she led the Gynecologic Oncology Department at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
A nationally recognized expert and consistently named one of America’s “Top Doctors,” she continues her ovarian cancer research at City of Hope — a place she calls “the perfect environment,” filled with amazing scientists and clinicians working toward discovering cures for cancer.