Opportunity for Life: The Link | Barbara A. Goff, M.D.

Barbara A. Goff, M.D.

Barbara A. Goff, M.D.

		Professor & Chair University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Seattle, Washington

Dr. Barbara Goff received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She then completed a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Goff joined the faculty at the University of Washington in 1993 and was the Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology from 2005 to 2017. In August 2015 she was appointed Surgeon-in-Chief for the University of Washington Medical Center, and in 2017 she was appointed the Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Goff has held numerous national positions. She is a past president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology. She has held positions in the Western Association of Gynecologic Oncologists, the National Board of Medical Examiners, and she has been the Chair of the Ovarian Cancer Committee of the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation. Dr. Goff is an examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Goff has authored more than 150 articles and has written multiple textbook chapters on gynecologic malignancies. Her primary research interests have been evaluating novel markers for early detection of ovarian cancer and clinical trials for novel therapeutics in treatment of ovarian cancer. Dr. Goff is principal investigator on numerous grants including surgical skills for resident physicians, BRCA1/BRCA2 research, ovarian cancer symptoms, and early cancer detection studies. She has also worked on collaborative projects with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to evaluate population based outcomes in ovarian cancer and has worked to design interventions to improve outcomes.

Dr. Goff has won multiple awards, including the CREOG National Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence and the public service award from the Foundation for Women’s Cancer.

Events with Dr. Goff


21 July 2023 8:00 PM BTT/BST	Goff, Barbara A. M.D.	Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasms and Vulvar Cancer International Lecture Series	Archive

28 July 2021 7:00 PM BTT/BST	Goff, Barbara A. M.D.	Ovarian Cancer: Screening and Early Detection and Prevention International Lecture Series	Archive

12 January 2021 8:00 PM BTT	Goff, Barbara A. M.D.	Adjuvant Treatment of Endometrial Cancer International Lecture Series	Archive