Elizabeth Munro, M.D.

  • Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
  • Division Head, Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Munro has is an expert in advanced treatment for cancer, including minimally invasive surgery and robot-assisted procedures. Her practice focuses on providing the most up-to-date surgical options for her patients, customized for their specific needs. In addition, she participates in cooperative group clinical trials and innovative clinical trials offered only at OHSU.

In her spare time, Dr. Munro likes spending time with her family, swimming, reading and playing the piano. She is a native Oregonian and enjoys hiking and any opportunity to be outdoors.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 2002, Columbia University

  • Residency

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University Medical Center,2006

  • Fellowship

    • Gynecologic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 2009

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

Memberships and associations:

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Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • Adjuvant Human Papillomavirus Vaccination after Excisional Procedure for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia

    Obstetrics and gynecology
    1. Sarina R. Chaiken
    2. Amanda S. Bruegl
    3. Aaron B. Caughey
    4. Jenna Emerson
    5. Elizabeth G. Munro

  • Ovarian preservation compared to oophorectomy in premenopausal women with early-stage, low-grade endometrial Cancer

    Gynecologic oncology
    1. Miriam L. Hernandez-Zepeda
    2. Elizabeth G. Munro
    3. Aaron B. Caughey
    4. Amanda S. Bruegl

  • Success Rates of Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Endometrial Cancer in Patients with Body Mass Index < 45 Compared with Body Mass Index ≥ 45

    Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
    1. Nicole J. Fennimore
    2. Katherine Fitch
    3. Jaime Kiff
    4. Christine G. Nguyen
    5. Bharti Garg
    6. Elizabeth G. Munro
    7. Amanda S. Bruegl

  • Ultrasonographic evaluation of endometrial stripe thickness is insufficient to rule out uterine serous carcinoma

    Cancer Causes and Control
    1. Jaime M. Kiff
    2. Mercedes Williams-Weisenberger
    3. Danielle Spellacy
    4. Bharti Garg
    5. Elizabeth G. Munro
    6. Amanda S. Bruegl

  • Does obesity influence the preferred treatment approach for early-stage cervical cancer? A cost-effectiveness analysis

    International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society
    1. Jacqueline A. Bohn
    2. Miriam L. Hernandez-Zepeda
    3. Alyssa R. Hersh
    4. Elizabeth G. Munro
    5. Jenna M. Kahn
    6. Aaron B. Caughey
    7. Amanda Bruegl

  • Hysterectomy with a general gynecologist vs gynecologic-oncologist in the setting of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia

    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
    1. Sarina R. Chaiken
    2. Jacqueline A. Bohn
    3. Amanda S. Bruegl
    4. Aaron B. Caughey
    5. Elizabeth G. Munro

  • Polygenic risk modeling for prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer risk

    European Journal of Human Genetics
    1. Eileen O. Dareng
    2. Jonathan P. Tyrer
    3. Daniel R. Barnes
    4. Michelle R. Jones
    5. Xin Yang
    6. Katja K.H. Aben
    7. Muriel A. Adank
    8. Simona Agata
    9. Irene L. Andrulis
    10. Hoda Anton-Culver
    11. Natalia N. Antonenkova
    12. Gerasimos Aravantinos
    13. Banu K. Arun
    14. Annelie Augustinsson
    15. Judith Balmaña
    16. Elisa V. Bandera
    17. Rosa B. Barkardottir
    18. Daniel Barrowdale
    19. Matthias W. Beckmann
    20. Alicia Beeghly-Fadiel
    21. Javier Benitez
    22. Marina Bermisheva
    23. Marcus Q. Bernardini
    24. Line Bjorge
    25. Amanda Black
    26. Natalia V. Bogdanova
    27. Bernardo Bonanni
    28. Ake Borg
    29. James D. Brenton
    30. Agnieszka Budzilowska
    31. Ralf Butzow
    32. Saundra S. Buys
    33. Hui Cai
    34. Maria A. Caligo
    35. Ian Campbell
    36. Rikki Cannioto
    37. Hayley Cassingham
    38. Jenny Chang-Claude
    39. Stephen J. Chanock
    40. Kexin Chen
    41. Yoke Eng Chiew
    42. Wendy K. Chung
    43. Kathleen B.M. Claes
    44. Sarah Colonna
    45. Linda S. Cook
    46. Fergus J. Couch
    47. Mary B. Daly
    48. Fanny Dao
    49. Elizabeth Munro
    50. Tanja Pejovic

  • Cervical Cancer Screening in Postmenopausal Women

    Journal of Women's Health
    1. Jaime M. Kiff
    2. Madisen Cotter
    3. Elizabeth G. Munro
    4. Molly E. Leonard
    5. Terry K. Morgan
    6. Amanda S. Bruegl

  • Intersection of dna repair pathways and the immune landscape identifies pd-l2 as a prognostic marker in epithelial ovarian cancer

    Cancers
    1. Samantha Batman
    2. Koji Matsuo
    3. Paulette Mhawech-Fauceglia
    4. Elizabeth Munro
    5. Mercedes Weisenberger
    6. Allison Allen
    7. Sonali Joshi
    8. Hiroko Machida
    9. Shinya Matsuzaki
    10. Tatjana Bozanovic
    11. Tanja Pejovic

  • Cost-effectiveness of second curettage for treatment of low-risk non-metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia

    Gynecologic oncology
    1. Samantha Batman
    2. Ashley Skeith
    3. Allison Allen
    4. Elizabeth Munro
    5. Aaron Caughey
    6. Amanda Bruegl

  • Gynecologic cancer incidence and mortality among American Indian/Alaska Native women in the Pacific Northwest, 1996–2016

    Gynecologic oncology
    1. Amanda S. Bruegl
    2. Sujata Joshi
    3. Samantha Batman
    4. Mercedes Weisenberger
    5. Elizabeth Munro
    6. Thomas Becker

  • Two cases of endocervical villoglandular adenocarcinoma

    Gynecologic Oncology Reports
    1. Sarah Dilley
    2. Colin Newbill
    3. Tanja Pejovic
    4. Elizabeth Munro

  • Prognostic significance of splenectomy as part of initial cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer

    Annals of surgical oncology
    1. Christopher K. McCann
    2. Whitfield B. Growdon
    3. Elizabeth G. Munro
    4. Marcela G. Del Carmen
    5. David M. Boruta
    6. John O. Schorge
    7. Annekathryn Goodman

  • Mouse models of uterine corpus tumors

    Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite
    1. Anne M. Friel
    2. Whitfield B. Growdon
    3. Christopher K. McCann
    4. Alexander B. Olawaiye
    5. Elizabeth G. Munro
    6. John O. Schorge
    7. Diego H. Castrillon
    8. Russell R. Broaddus
    9. Bo R. Rueda

  • Role of computed tomography in the surgical management of patients with bowel obstruction secondary to recurrent ovarian carcinoma

    Annals of surgical oncology
    1. J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain
    2. Alexander B. Olawaiye
    3. Elizabeth G. Munro
    4. Emily Ko
    5. Irma A. Alarcon
    6. Marcela G. Del Carmen
    7. Linda Duska

  • Understanding barriers to cervical cancer screening among Hispanic women

    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
    1. Luisa Watts
    2. Naima Joseph
    3. Amanda Velazquez
    4. Marisa Gonzalez
    5. Elizabeth Munro
    6. Alona Muzikansky
    7. Jose A. Rauh-Hain
    8. Marcela G. del Carmen

  • Upregulation of MUC4 in cervical squamous cell carcinoma

    International Journal of Gynecological Pathology
    1. Elizabeth G. Munro
    2. Maneesh Jain
    3. Esther Oliva
    4. Neel Kamal
    5. Subodh M. Lele
    6. Maureen P. Lynch
    7. Lankai Guo
    8. Kai Fu
    9. Poonam Sharma
    10. Steve Remmenga
    11. Whitfield B. Growdon
    12. John S. Davis
    13. Bo R. Rueda
    14. Surinder K. Batra

  • Mechanisms of Cables 1 gene inactivation in human ovarian cancer development

    Cancer Biology and Therapy
    1. Hideo Sakamoto
    2. Anne M. Friel
    3. Antony W. Wood
    4. Lankai Guo
    5. Ana Ilic
    6. Michael V. Seiden
    7. Daniel C. Chung
    8. Maureen P. Lynch
    9. Takehiro Serikawa
    10. Elizabeth Munro
    11. Esther Oliva
    12. Sandra Orsulic
    13. Sandra D. Kirley
    14. Rosemary Foster
    15. Lawrence R. Zukerberg
    16. Bo R. Rueda

  • Association of lymphadenectomy and survival in stage I ovarian cancer patients

    Obstetrics and gynecology
    1. John K. Chan
    2. Elizabeth G. Munro
    3. Michael K. Cheung
    4. Amreen Husain
    5. Nelson N. Teng
    6. Jonathan S. Berek
    7. Kathryn Osann

  • Incarcerated vaginal herniation of the omentum mimicking vaginal prolapse

    American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
    1. Eric R. Sokol
    2. Elizabeth G. Munro

  • Depolarization and cAMP elevation rapidly recruit TrkB to the plasma membrane of CNS neurons

    Neuron
    1. Anke Meyer-Franke
    2. George A. Wilkinson
    3. Alex Kruttgen
    4. Minjie Hu
    5. Elizabeth Munro
    6. Martin G. Hanson
    7. Louis F. Reichardt
    8. Ben A. Barres