Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
North Shore University Hospital-LIJ Health Care System
Investigator, Center for Oncology and Cell Biology,
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Phone: (516) 562-4438
E-mail: jlovecch@nshs.edu
John Lovecchio, MD, Chief of Gynecologic Oncology at North Shore-LIJ Health System and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at North Shore-LIJ Hofstra School of Medicine, is one of the nation’s top clinicians and researchers in the field of uterine and ovarian cancers.
Dr. Lovecchio holds administrative and leadership positions in numerous regional and national organizations and has published extensively. He earned his B.S. degree magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts and has a Master’s degree in nuclear physics from New York University. After completing his medical degree with honors from the State University of New York at Buffalo, he then completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospitals of Case Western Reserve University and fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Recently, Dr. Lovecchio was featured in a PBS television documentary titled, “The Whisper: The Silent Crisis of Ovarian Cancer.” He presently is a lead investigator in a collaboration between North Shore-LIJ and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research to advance the development of a blood test for the early detection of ovarian cancer.
For his tireless efforts to educate and provide specialized care for women with gynecologic cancer and bring hope to millions of women worldwide through early detection of uterine and ovarian cancers, the American Cancer Society is proud to present Dr. Lovecchio with the Courage and Hope Award and salute his work and steadfast dedication to advancing science and finding a cure.
University Of Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts
Degree: BS – cum laude
1970
Field of Study: Biology
Long Island University, Brookville, New York
Degree: MS – summa cum laude
1971
Field of Study: Radiation Biology
State University of New York at Buffalo – Buffalo, New York
Degree: MD
1975
2010-Present Professor of Clinical, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hofstra North Shore-Long Island Jewish School of Medicine
1996-2010 Professor of Clinical, Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine
1994-1996 Professor of Clinical, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornell University Medical College
1988-1994 Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornell University Medical College
1982-1988 Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornell University Medical College
1975 Clyde L. Randall Award for Academic Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynecology
1975, 1979 First Prize – Best research paper written by a resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Executive Chief Resident, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
1987 President’s Award for best poster presentation, “Five Year Survival of Patients With Peri-Aortic Nodal Metastases in Clinical Stage IB and IIA Cervical Carcinoma”, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, Miami, Florida, February
- Navarro, M.D., Tan, M.A L., Lovecchio, J.L., Hajdu, S.I.: “Case Report: Malignant Struma Ovarii.” Annals of Clin & Lab Sci 34:1, 2004.
- Tew, W.P., Tian, C., Chi, D., Menzin, A., Lovecchio, J. L., Bookman, M. A., Lichtman, S. M.: “Treatment outcomes for Older Women with Advanced Ovarian Cancer: Results from a phase III clinical trial (GOG 182).” Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2009; 72 (Suppl. 1): S17 (abstract)
- Tew, W.P., Java, J., Chi, D., Menzin, A., Lovecchio, J. L., Bookman, M. A., Lichtman, S. M.: “Treatment outcomes for Older Women with Advanced Ovarian Cancer: Results from a phase III clinical trial (GOG 182).” ASCO (Abstract) 28; (15s), 5030, 2010
- Cohen, S., Shapira, I., Gralla, R., Lovecchio, J., et al.: “Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC) Mutations in Patients Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in a Community Setting: Is it Time to Add Ovarian Cancer to the Amsterdam Criteria for Clinical Diagnosis of HNPCC?” American Society of Human Genetics Abstract 490, p. 168, 2010
- Shapira, I., Gralla, R., Weiselberg, L., John, V., Menzin, A., Lovecchio, J., D’Olimpio, J., et. al.: “Utilization and referral for genetic services by 455 unaffected individuals at risk for inherited predisposition to cancer: Pathways to improve identification of individuals at risk for hereditary cancer syndromes.” American Society of Human Genetics Abstract 225, p. 169, 2010
- Shapira, I., Gralla, R., Akerman, M., Weiselberg, L., John, V., Lovecchio, J., et. al.: “Does maternal or paternal inheritance of BRCA mutations affect the age of cancer diagnosis?” Journal of Clinical Oncology 29: 337-40, 2011
- Shapira, I., Lee, A., Keogh, M., Mason, C., Oswald, M., Lovecchio, J., et. al.: “Circulating microRNA patterns in ovarian cancer, increased expression with surgical intervention and chemotherapy: Stable presurgical survival pattern (SP) microRNA expression may reflect intrinsic ability for recognition and elimination of malignancy.” Proceedings of American Association of Cancer Research 53: p. 1006-10, 2012
- Shapira, I., Lee, A., Oswald, M., Lovecchio, J., Menzin, A., Whyte, J., et. al.: “Chemotherapy response in ovarian cancer is modulated by the DNA encoded microRNA family miR-17-92a.” American Society for Human Genetics Abstract 117, p. 87, 2012
- Lovecchio, J., Shapira, I., Lee, A., Oswald, M., Gregersen, P., Menzin, A., et. al.: “Plasma micro-RNA pattern, a reliable biomarker able to differentiate epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) from benign pelvic mass.” International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer, Abstract 323, p. 87, 2012
- Fiorica, J., Dalton, H., Monk, B., Lovecchio, J. et. al: “In vitro chemoresponse in metachronous pairs of gynecologic cancers.” British Gynecologic Cancer Society Abstract P133, 2012
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