Women & Infants names new director of gynecologic oncology

PROVIDENCE – After a national search, Women & Infants Hospital has named Dr. Paul A. DiSilvestro as director of the Program in Women’s Oncology for Women & Infants Hospital and Care New England Health System, and as director of the Division for Gynecologic Oncology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

DiSilvestro, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School, had served as interim director of both programs since April 2016. DiSilvestro, a resident of Exeter, succeeds Dr. Cornelius O. “Skip” Granai III, who will maintain a supportive emeritus role while he sees patients, trains the next generation of women’s health providers and provides outreach support.

“Dr. DiSilvestro is a trusted and steadfast leader presenting an exciting vision for the future, including development of a research program in developmental therapeutics as well as a personalized cancer medicine treatment program,” Dr. Maureen G. Phipps, chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women & Infants Hospital and Care New England Health System, said in the statement. “With Dr. DiSilvestro’s leadership, we are well-positioned for an exciting future for our women’s oncology services at Women & Infants Hospital and across Care New England.”

In addition, DiSilvestro serves as director of research in the Program in Women’s Oncology and chair of the board of managers of the recently formed Care New England Medical Group. Principal investigator for the Women & Infants Hospital site of the National Cancer Institute’s cooperative research group, he has been a study chair or co-chair of multiple National Cancer Institute-sponsored gynecologic oncology group trials. A graduate of the University of Vermont College of Medicine, DiSilvestro completed a residency at Women & Infants Hospital and a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of Oklahoma.

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