Dr. Wayne Alan Christopherson M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Gynecologic Oncology
1400 Locust St Suite 3121 Pittsburgh PA, 15219About
Dr. Wayne Christopherson is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Christopherson specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Christopherson can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Christopherson can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1978
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Gynecologic Oncology
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Expert Publications
- The factor V leiden mutation and the risk of venous thromboembolism in gynecologic oncology patients1.
- Choriocarcinoma in a term placenta with maternal metastases.
- Buttock necrosis after uterine artery embolization.
- Progression-free interval in ovarian cancer and predictive value of an ex vivo chemoresponse assay.
- Associated leukemia and mixed germ cell tumor in a patient with gonadal dysgenesis.
- Cervical cancer metastatic to the breast: a rare presentation of tumor dissemination.
- Placenta previa percreta involving the urinary bladder: a report of two cases and review of the literature.
- Endodermal sinus tumor of the ovary: a case series with flow cytometric DNA content analysis.
- Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis isolated to the ascending colon by a diverting transverse loop colostomy.
- Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the cervix and vagina in a woman with mixed gonadal dysgenesis. A case report.
- Mitoxantrone in the treatment of advanced vulvar and vaginal carcinoma. A gynecologic oncology group study.
- Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis secondary to cervical carcinoma: a case report.
- The canine laboratory in the training of the oncology fellow.
- Phase II trial of etoposide in the management of advanced or recurrent mixed mesodermal sarcomas of the uterus: a Gynecologic Oncology Group Study.
- The influence of pretreatment celiotomy and para-aortic lymphadenectomy on the management of advanced stage squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix.
Residency
- Dallas Co Hp-Parkland Mem, Medical Oncology Univ Iowa Hosps & Clinics, Obstetrics And Gynecology
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