Dr. Amelia Jernigan is a Gynecologic Oncologist with the LSU Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA where she was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. She then completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, where she served as Administrative Chief Resident and won the Ungula Sinistra award in recognition of her surgical skills and exceptional care of women with gynecologic cancer. This was followed by a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. As a Gynecologic Oncologist she specializes in the use of surgery and chemotherapy to treat gynecologic cancers and gynecologic conditions that require complex surgeries.
Dr. Jernigan is a Fellow in the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and in Gynecology Oncology. She is an active member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology and serves on the Communications Committee. She is also an active member of the NRG and serves on the Rare Tumors and Young Investigators Committees. She has published and presented dozens of scientific abstracts and articles over the past several years and is actively engaged in research, hoping to advance the care and treatment options available to women with gynecologic cancers.
Research focus:
•Obesity and endometrial cancer, with a focus on harnessing obesity treatments to improve endometrial cancer outcomes such as uterine sparing treatment and long term survivorship.
•Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. We have a robust HIPEC program at UMCNO.
•Enrollment of underrepresented and marginalized groups on clinical trials
•The use of telemedicine to deliver subspecialist driven cancer - survivorship care close to home for rural patients.
Education:
•College – Tulane University
•Medical school – Jefferson Medical College
•Residency – Johns Hopkins
•Fellowship – Cleveland Clinic
ORCID Identifier: 0000-0001-5676-8973
Selected Publications
•Jernigan AM etal. Referring survivors of endometrial cancer and complex atypical hyperplasia to bariatric specialists: A prospective cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol Sept2015 PMID 25981846
•McDougal et al. Practice patterns and results of tumor and germline genetic evaluation of women with Endometrial cancer in South Louisiana. Gynecol Oncol Rep Feb2021 PMID 3358523
•Jernigan AM etal. Obesity management in gynecologic cancer survivors: provider practices and attitudes. AmJ Obstet Gynecol May2013 PMID 23395643
•Gwan A et al. Equity in visual representation of vulvar conditions in major gynecology textbooks. J Natl Med Assoc. Jun 2022 PMUD 35331566
