IlanaCassMD

Gynecologic Oncology

Chair , Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

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Office
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Obsterics and Gynecology
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
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Education & Training

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1991 - 1995
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

NH State Medical License 2019 - 2025
CA State Medical License 1998 - 2025
VT State Medical License 2022 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2013 - 2015
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gynecologic Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
Fellow (FACOG) American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Clinical Trials

Paclitaxel, Polyglutamate Paclitaxel, or Observation in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial, Peritoneal Cancer, or Fallopian Tube Cancer Start of enrollment: 2005 Mar 21
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Pelvic Radiation Therapy or Vaginal Implant Radiation Therapy, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With High-Risk Stage I or Stage II Endometrial Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Mar 23
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Symptom Management in Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Ovarian Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 19
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Changes in Brain Function in Patients With Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IV Ovarian, Primary Peritoneal, or Fallopian Tube Cancer Who Are Receiving Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 01
Completed
Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Patients With Stage I-IIA Cervical Cancer Who Previously Underwent Surgery Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 12
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Correlation of histopathologic findings with clinical predictors of disease recurrence and progression to vulvar carcinoma in patients with differentiated vulvar intra...
Jill N T Roberts, Jessica L Bentz, Robert E LeBlanc, Ilana Cass> ;Gynecologic Oncology Reports. 2024 Apr 1
Patterns of care and outcomes of risk reducing surgery in women with pathogenic variants in non-BRCA and Lynch syndrome ovarian cancer susceptibility genes.
Zachary P Schwartz, Andrew J Li, B J Rimel, Monica M Alvarado, Scott E Lentz, Ilana Cass, Walsh, C.> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2023 Jun 1
25 citations
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of endometriosis.
Marcos A S Fonseca, Marcela Haro, Kelly N Wright, Xianzhi Lin, Forough Abbasi, Jennifer Sun, Lourdes Hernandez, Natasha L Orr, Jooyoon Hong, Yunhee Choi-Kuaea, Horacio...> ;Nature Genetics. 2023 Feb 1
3 citations
Multidisciplinary considerations in the maintenance treatment of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors for homologous recombination-proficient, advanced-stage epithel...
Ilana Cass, Jill N T Roberts, Philip R Benoit, Nicholas V Jensen> ;CA. 2023 Jan 1
3 citations
SGO and the elephant that is still in the room: Wellness, burnout and gynecologic oncology.
B A Davidson, T B Turner, K H Kim, I Cass, L Calat, G McGwin, D M Kushner> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2022 Nov 1
6 citations
DNA methylation and transcriptomic features are preserved throughout disease recurrence and chemoresistance in high grade serous ovarian cancers.
Nicole Gull, Michelle R Jones, Pei-Chen Peng, Simon G Coetzee, Tiago C Silva, Jasmine T Plummer, Alberto Luiz P Reyes, Brian D Davis, Stephanie S Chen, Kate Lawrenson,...> ;Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 2022 Jul 27
10 citations
Prenatal telemedicine during COVID-19: patterns of use and barriers to access.
Allie Morgan, Daisy Goodman, Julia Vinagolu-Baur, Ilana Cass> ;JAMIA Open. 2022 Apr 1
24 citations
A multi-level investigation of the genetic relationship between endometriosis and ovarian cancer histotypes.
Sally Mortlock, Rosario I Corona, Pik Fang Kho, Paul Pharoah, Ji-Heui Seo, Matthew L Freedman, Simon A Gayther, Matthew T Siedhoff, Peter A W Rogers, Ronald Leuchter, ...> ;Cell Reports. Medicine. 2022 Mar 15
Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors and Myeloid Neoplasm Risk-Clues to a Mechanistic Connection?
Ilana Cass> ;JAMA Oncology. 2021 Oct 14
12 citations
Phase II trial of cisplatin, gemcitabine and pembrolizumab for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
Christine Walsh, Mitchell Kamrava, Andre Rogatko, Sungjin Kim, Andrew J. Li, Ilana Cass, Beth Y. Karlan, Bobbie J. Rimel> ;Plos One. 2021 Jun 3
6 citations
Short-term impact of surgically induced menopause on cognitive function and wellbeing in women at high risk for ovarian cancer following risk-reducing bilateral salpin...
Heidi Chang, Daniella Kamara, Catherine Bresee, Jenny Lester, Ilana Cass> ;Menopause. 2021 Apr 1
3 citations
Breast Cancer Surveillance Following Ovarian Cancer in BRCA Mutation Carriers.
Abigail Fong, Ilana Cass, Catherine John, J. Gillen, Kathleen M Moore, Alexandra Gangi, Christine Walsh, Andrew J. Li, Bobbie J. Rimel, Beth Y. Karlan, Farin Amersi> ;The American Surgeon. 2020 Oct 26
1 citations
Requiem for Robotic Cancer Surgery? Not So Fast.
John D. Seigne, Ilana Cass, Sandra L. Wong> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2019 Aug 2
4 citations
Clinical outcomes in ovarian cancer patients receiving three versus more cycles of chemotherapy after neoadjuvant treatment and interval cytoreductive surgery
Josephine S. Kim, Margaret I. Liang, E.N. Prendergast, Jill Alldredge, Avisek Datta, Jean A. Hurteau, Carolyn V. Kirschner, Gustavo C. Rodriguez, Tilley Jenkins Vogel,...> ;International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 2019 Sep 1
7 citations
Prognostic role of pathologic response and cytoreductive status at interval debulking surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer
Margaret I. Liang, E.N. Prendergast, Jeanine N. Staples, Christine H. Holschneider, Joshua G. Cohen, Ilana Cass> ;Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2019 Jul 8
3 citations
Breast cancer surveillance following ovarian cancer in BRCA mutation carriers.
Ilana Cass, Catherine John, J. Gillen, Kathleen N. Moore, Christine Walsh, Andrew J. Li, Bobbie J. Rimel, Beth Y. Karlan, Farin Amersi> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2019 Mar 18
6 citations
Ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block utilization in multimodal pain management after open gynecologic surgery.
Heidi Chang, Bobbie J. Rimel, Andrew J. Li, Ilana Cass, Beth Y. Karlan, Christine Walsh> ;Gynecologic Oncology Reports. 2018 Oct 15
12 citations
Aspirin use correlates with survival in women with clear cell ovarian cancer
Alyssa Wield, Christine Walsh, Bobbie J. Rimel, Ilana Cass, Beth Y. Karlan, Andrew J. Li> ;Gynecologic Oncology Reports. 2018 Jun 9
26 citations
Stress and burnout among gynecologic oncologists: A Society of Gynecologic Oncology Evidence-based Review and Recommendations.
Ilana Cass, Linda R. Duska, Stephanie V. Blank, Georgina Cheng, Nefertiti C. duPont, Peter J. Frederick, Emily K. Hill, Carolyn M. Matthews, Tarah L. Pua, Kellie S. Ra...> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2016 Nov 1
59 citations
Occult and subsequent cancer incidence following risk-reducing surgery in BRCA mutation carriers
M. Zakhour, Yael Danovitch, Jenny Lester, Bobbie J. Rimel, Christine Walsh, Andrew J. Li, Beth Y. Karlan, Ilana Cass> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2016 Nov 1
40 citations
Recurrence and risk of progression to lower genital tract malignancy in women with high grade VAIN.
M. Hodeib, Joshua G. Cohen, Sukrant Mehta, Bobbie J. Rimel, Christine Walsh, Andrew J. Li, Beth Y. Karlan, Ilana Cass> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2016 Jun 1
111 citations
Germline Mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2 and Ten-Year Survival for Women Diagnosed with Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Francisco José Candido-dos-Reis, Honglin Song, Ellen L. Goode, Julie M. Cunningham, Brooke L. Fridley, Melissa C. Larson, Kathryn Alsop, Ed Dicks, Patricia Harrington,...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2015 Feb 1
49 citations
Associations of common breast cancer susceptibility alleles with risk of breast cancer subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Susan L. Neuhausen, Mark E. Robson, Daniel Barrowdale, Lesley McGuffog, Anna Marie Mulligan, Irene L. Andrulis, Amanda B. Spurdle, Marjanka K. ...> ;Breast Cancer Research. 2014 Dec 31
32 citations
Breast Cancer Following Ovarian Cancer in BRCA Mutation Carriers
Alexandra Gangi, Ilana Cass, Daniel Paik, Galinos Barmparas, Beth Y. Karlan, Catherine Dang, Andrew J. Li, Christine Walsh, Bobbie J. Rimel, Farin Amersi> ;JAMA Surgery. 2014 Dec 1
22 citations
A cautious view of putative precursors of serous carcinomas in the fallopian tubes of BRCA mutation carriers.
Ilana Cass, Ann E. Walts, Denise Barbuto, Jenny Lester, Beth Y. Karlan> ;Gynecologic Oncology. 2014 Sep 1
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Lectures

Advances in Health Care for Women Over 40 2012
Contemporary Forums, Las Vegas, Nevada - 5/17/2012

Press Mentions

Shop TalkMarch 20th, 2020
ACOG Experts Debate Salpingectomy to Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk at Annual MeetingMay 4th, 2019
At the Hospitals: Norwich Resident to Helm Northern Counties Health CareMarch 9th, 2019
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Professional Memberships

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Fellow

Hospital Affiliations

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterLebanon, New Hampshire