Barbara Goff, MD
Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Gynecologic Oncology
University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA
Dr. Barbara Goff received her MD at the University of Pennsylvania and did her residency at Harvard Medical School. She did her gynecologic oncology fellowship at the Massachusetts General hospital and then joined the faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle. She became the Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Washington and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in 2005. Her major research focus has been in early detection of ovarian cancer, surgical skills training, novel therapeutics, survivorship and quality outcomes research in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Dr. Goff is an active gynecologic oncologist performing large numbers of surgical cases, administering chemotherapy, and supportive care for gynecologic cancer patients. Dr. Goff became the president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology and the Foundation for Gynecologic Oncology in 2013. She served as a Deputy Editor for the journal Gynecologic Oncology for 15 years and she is the Editor of the Gynecologic Oncology section of Up to Date. In the Fall of 2017, she became the Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington. Dr. Goff is the PI of the UW K-12 WRHR training grant. She leads a group of over 120 clinicians and scientists and oversees the only academic obstetrics and gynecology residency in the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) region.
