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Jennifer (Young) Young Pierce, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mobile, AL, USA Health Children's & Women's Hospital

JenniferL(Young)Young PierceMDMPH

Obstetrics & Gynecology • Mobile, AL

Gynecologic Oncology

Professor; Program Leader, Cancer Control and Prevention, Fellowship Program Director specializing in preventing, diagnosing and treating gynecological cancers, advocacy for HPV cancer prevention, and training the next generation of gyn oncologists.

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Summary

  • Dr. Jennifer Young Pierce is a Senior Staff Physician and Professor of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI). She joined MCI in 2017 with national expertise in Human Papilloma virus (HPV) and cervical cancer and currently serves as the Leader of Cancer Prevention and Control as well as an Abraham A. Mitchell Clinical Cancer Research Scholar. She was born and raised in Sumter, South Carolina and went to medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, graduating Valedictorian. She completed her residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Integrated Residency in Ob/Gyn at Harvard Medical School, and completed her fellowship in Gyn Oncology at the University of Virginia (UVA). She completed her Masters’ in Public Health while at UVA. After completing her fellowship, Dr. Pierce returned to MUSC where she practiced for 8 years. She co-founded and Co-Chaired Cervical Cancer Free South Carolina and served on the state Cancer Control Advisory Committee. She was named a Research All-Star by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is a GOG Young Investigator Award Winner. She is a core member of the Cervical Cancer Committees of the NRG, the cooperative clinical trials arm of the NCI. She served as the Society for Gynecologic Oncology first representative to the National HPV Roundtable and Alabama state HPV vaccine champion. She was appointed to the Alabama Commission on the Study of Gynecologic Cancers and also serves as on the Medical Advisory Board to the Alabama Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. Her primary focus remains the care of women with gynecologic cancers including radical surgery, chemotherapy, survivorship, and palliative care. In 2021, she was named Gyn Oncology Fellowship Program Director of the brand new MCI Gyn oncology fellowship. She lives with her husband and 2 daughters in Mobile, AL.

    • Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.O.G. | USA Health

    Dr. Jennifer Y. Pierce was recruited to MCI from the Medical University of South Carolina, where she served as GYN Oncology Disease Team Leader at Hollings Canc

Education & Training

  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Gynecologic Oncology, 2006 - 2009
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2002 - 2006
  • Medical University of South Carolina
    Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2017 - 2024
  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 2009 - 2019
  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2006 - 2009
  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gynecologic Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • GHHS MUSC, 2010
  • AOA MUSC, 2000
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • A Preventable Cancer is on the Rise in Alabama
    A Preventable Cancer is on the Rise in AlabamaSeptember 30th, 2020
  • Cancer Doctors Leading the Campaign to boost HPV vaccination
    Cancer Doctors Leading the Campaign to boost HPV vaccinationSeptember 30th, 2020
  • Less than half of US Teens Complete HPV vaccinations
    Less than half of US Teens Complete HPV vaccinationsSeptember 30th, 2020

Grant Support

  • Lay coach-led early palliative care for underserved advanced cancer caregivers: the project enable cornerstone randomized clinical trialNIH2020–2025
  • Greater Caribbean Center for Ciguatera ResearchNSF2018–2023
  • Alabama FITWAY ProjectCDC2019–2020

Committees

  • Member, ASCO Cancer Control and Prevention Committee 2020 - Present
  • Core member, NRG Cervical Cancer Subcommittee 2011 - Present
  • Core member, NRG Immunotherapy committee 2014 - 2020

Research History

  • Program Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control, Mitchell Cancer Institute2017 - Present
  • Project Leader, HCC HPV Vaccination P20 supplement2014 - 2016

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

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