Alexander B. Olawaiye, MD
Professor
Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Director, Gynecologic Cancer Research
Director, Minimal Access Gynecologic Oncology
Chair, AJCC Female Reproductive Panel
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Magee-Women’s Hospital of UPMC
Pittsburg, PA
Dr. Olawaiye has been on staff at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital since 2008. He obtained his medical degree at the premiere University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1991 after which he proceeded to London, United Kingdom where he successfully pursued a post-graduate training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (RCOG) culminating in him becoming a member of that college in 1998.
He subsequently relocated to the USA and went through residency at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo before moving to Boston Massachusetts to undergo fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Dr Olawaiye is a dedicated clinician and a passionate clinical researcher. He has served as the director of the gynecologic oncology research program, University of Pittsburgh for the past 7 years during which that program has done exceptionally well. In addition, he belongs to many national and international organizations where he has led and collaborated on multiple projects focused on advancing the field of gynecologic oncology. Dr Olawaiye has numerous publications in the peer-reviewed literature and has authored several book chapters.
