Dr. Laura J. Havrilesky

I am a gynecologic oncologist at Duke. I see women who have ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer. I also see women with precancerous conditions of the gynecologic organs, which includes cervical dysplasia, vaginal dysplasia, and masses of the ovary that may or may not be cancer. I am fairly direct and let people know what they are dealing with up front. On the other hand, I try to keep everything positive. At this point in my career, I’ve had a lot of experience and will let patients know that while there’s a full range of outcomes that could happen, I have seen a lot of positive examples based on their condition. If I had cancer or a family member of mine had cancer, I would absolutely want them to come to Duke. It’s not just the standard treatments that we offer here, but also the attention to detail and access to world-class clinical trials.

Dr. Havrilesky is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE). Her top areas of expertise are Endometrial Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor, Hysterectomy, and Oophorectomy.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 253 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 6 articles in the study of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).