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Bradford P. Whitcomb, M.D.

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division Chief, Gynecologic Oncology
Associate Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program

NPI Number: 1518949270
Academic Office Location: Obstetrics and Gynecology UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030
Website(s):	Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Education & Training
Committees & Organizations
Publications
Presentations

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
B.A.	Lafayette College	Chemistry
M.D.	Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences	Medicine

Degree

Institution

Major

B.A.

Lafayette College

Chemistry

M.D.

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Medicine

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Residency	San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium	Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellowship	Washington University School of Medicine	Gynecologic Oncology

Training

Institution

Specialty

Residency

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Fellowship

Washington University School of Medicine

Gynecologic Oncology

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
SGO Education Committee - selected for SGO Publications Workgroup and Industry Partners Roundtable (curriculum development)	Society of Gynecologic Oncology
Accepted to and completed Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health "Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers." Per course description: "It convenes medical directors and chiefs of divisions from academic health centers together with an interdisciplinary faculty team for two weeks of intensive and systematic study of the critical leadership and management issues faced by physicians in administrative positions and academic health centers."	Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Voluntary Retirement from Active Duty with Honorable Service	U.S. Army
Appointed Chair, Risk Management Committee	Tripler Army Medical Center
US Army Medical Department “A” Proficiency Designator - “The AMEDD “A” Proficiency Designator is a professional excellence honor bestowed by the Army Surgeon General upon candidates who have attained full professional status and national prominence in their field.” (MILPER Message 16-110)	U.S. Army
Selected for promotion to Colonel (O-6), Medical Corps.	U.S. Army
Written Examination Question Writer	American Board of OB/Gyn Oncology
Joint Service Achievement Medal	Bastion Role 3 Hospital, Afghanistan
Acting and Associate Residency Program Director	Tripler Army Medical Center
Outstanding Faculty Educator for Ob/Gyn Medical Students	Tripler Army Medical Center
American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award (Cancer Liaison)	Tripler Army Medical Center
National Outstanding Ob/Gyn Clerkship Director’s Award	United Services University of the Health Sciences
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Certification	Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Army Commendation Medal	86th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Faculty Development Course, Biostatistics	Berlex Foundation
Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding service as Director, Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy	Keesler Air Force Base, MS
Army Achievement Medal for Outstanding Service to the Department of Ob/Gyn After Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital
Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award for Excellence in Resident Education, Department of Ob/Gyn (2003-2004)	Washington University School of Medicine
Army Commendation Medal, Fort Campbell, KY	U.S. Army
Faculty Excellence for Resident Education	Tripler Army Medical Center
Graduate Medical Education Funded Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship	U.S. Army
ASCCP Superior Senior Resident in Colposcopy	San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
ASCCP Superior Senior Resident in Colposcopy	San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Departmental “Administrative Excellence” (1998-1999)	San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

SGO Education Committee - selected for SGO Publications Workgroup and Industry Partners Roundtable (curriculum development)

Society of Gynecologic Oncology

Accepted to and completed Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health "Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers." Per course description: "It convenes medical directors and chiefs of divisions from academic health centers together with an interdisciplinary faculty team for two weeks of intensive and systematic study of the critical leadership and management issues faced by physicians in administrative positions and academic health centers."

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Voluntary Retirement from Active Duty with Honorable Service

U.S. Army

Appointed Chair, Risk Management Committee

Tripler Army Medical Center

US Army Medical Department “A” Proficiency Designator - “The AMEDD “A” Proficiency Designator is a professional excellence honor bestowed by the Army Surgeon General upon candidates who have attained full professional status and national prominence in their field.” (MILPER Message 16-110)

U.S. Army

Selected for promotion to Colonel (O-6), Medical Corps.

U.S. Army

Written Examination Question Writer

American Board of OB/Gyn Oncology

Joint Service Achievement Medal

Bastion Role 3 Hospital, Afghanistan

Acting and Associate Residency Program Director

Tripler Army Medical Center

Outstanding Faculty Educator for Ob/Gyn Medical Students

Tripler Army Medical Center

American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award (Cancer Liaison)

Tripler Army Medical Center

National Outstanding Ob/Gyn Clerkship Director’s Award

United Services University of the Health Sciences

Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Certification

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

Army Commendation Medal

86th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq

Faculty Development Course, Biostatistics

Berlex Foundation

Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding service as Director, Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy

Keesler Air Force Base, MS

Army Achievement Medal for Outstanding Service to the Department of Ob/Gyn After Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital

Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award for Excellence in Resident Education, Department of Ob/Gyn (2003-2004)

Washington University School of Medicine

Army Commendation Medal, Fort Campbell, KY

U.S. Army

Faculty Excellence for Resident Education

Tripler Army Medical Center

Graduate Medical Education Funded Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship

U.S. Army

ASCCP Superior Senior Resident in Colposcopy

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

ASCCP Superior Senior Resident in Colposcopy

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

Departmental “Administrative Excellence” (1998-1999)

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
UConn Health COVID -19 Think Tank Committee	Advisory Committee	Invited Member	UConn Health	Local	2020
Society of Gynecologic Oncology, Education Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Committee Member	External	National	2019	2023
UConn Health Center Faculty Review Board	Advisory Committee	Elected Member	UConn Health	Local	2019
Laser Committee	Other	Member	UConn Health	Local	2018
Clinical Competency Committee, Ob/Gyn Residency	Education Committee	Member/Leader	UConn Health	Local	2017
Program Evaluation Committee, Ob/Gyn Residency	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	Local	2017
Education Committee, Ob/Gyn Residency	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	Local	2017
Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2016
Clinical Practice Committee, Society of Gynecologic Oncology (2015-present) Liaison to American College of Radiology, Appropriateness Criteria, Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging Liaison to American College of Radiology, Ovarian-Adnexal Imaging-Reporting-Data System Committee	Professional/Scientific Organization	Committee Member	External	National	2015	2019
American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2011
Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO)	Professional/Scientific Organization	Full Member	External	International	2010
Gynecologic Oncology Group/NRG Oncology	Professional/Scientific Organization	Non-voting Member	External	National	2004
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	Professional/Scientific Organization	Fellow	External	National	2002

Name & Description

Journal Articles

Post-operative opioid analgesic prescribing patterns in gynecologic oncology patients following the implementation of a statewide -prescription monitoring and reporting system.
Potter, Molly; Morosky, Christopher M; Whitcomb, Bradford P Journal of opioid management 2022 Jan;18(3):229-236
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Pretreatment Evaluation and Follow-Up of Endometrial Cancer.
Expert Panel on GYN and OB Imaging; Reinhold, Caroline; Ueno, Yoshiko; Akin, Esma A; Bhosale, Priyadarshani R; Dudiak, Kika M; Jhingran, Anuja; Kang, Stella K; Kilcoyne, Aoife; Lakhman, Yulia; Nicola, Refky; Pandharipande, Pari V; Paspulati, Rajmohan; Shinagare, Atul B; Small, William; Vargas, Hebert Alberto; Whitcomb, Bradford P; Glanc, Phyllis Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2020 Nov;17(11S):S472-S486
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder.
Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging; Poder, Liina; Weinstein, Stefanie; Maturen, Katherine E; Feldstein, Vickie A; Mackenzie, David C; Oliver, Edward R; Shipp, Thomas D; Strachowski, Loretta M; Sussman, Betsy L; Wang, Eileen Y; Weber, Therese M; Whitcomb, Bradford P; Glanc, Phyllis Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2020 May;17(5S):S207-S214
Use of cannabinoids in cancer patients: A Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) clinical practice statement.
Whitcomb, B; Lutman, C; Pearl, M; Medlin, E; Prendergast, E; Robison, K; Burke, W Gynecologic oncology 2020 Jan;
O-RADS US Risk Stratification and Management System: A Consensus Guideline from the ACR Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System Committee.
Andreotti, Rochelle F; Timmerman, Dirk; Strachowski, Lori M; Froyman, Wouter; Benacerraf, Beryl R; Bennett, Genevieve L; Bourne, Tom; Brown, Douglas L; Coleman, Beverly G; Frates, Mary C; Goldstein, Steven R; Hamper, Ulrike M; Horrow, Mindy M; Hernanz-Schulman, Marta; Reinhold, Caroline; Rose, Stephen L; Whitcomb, Brad P; Wolfman, Wendy L; Glanc, Phyllis Radiology 2020 Jan;294(1):168-185
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Gestational Trophoblastic Disease.
Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging Panel; Dudiak, Kika M; Maturen, Katherine E; Akin, Esma A; Bell, Maria; Bhosale, Priyadarshani R; Kang, Stella K; Kilcoyne, Aoife; Lakhman, Yulia; Nicola, Refky; Pandharipande, Pari V; Paspulati, Rajmohan; Reinhold, Caroline; Ricci, Stephanie; Shinagare, Atul B; Vargas, Hebert Alberto; Whitcomb, Bradford P; Glanc, Phyllis Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2019 Nov;16(11S):S348-S363
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Clinically Suspected Adnexal Mass, No Acute Symptoms.
Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging:; Atri, Mostafa; Alabousi, Abdullah; Reinhold, Caroline; Akin, Esma A; Benson, Carol B; Bhosale, Priyadarshani R; Kang, Stella K; Lakhman, Yulia; Nicola, Refky; Pandharipande, Pari V; Patel, Maitray D; Salazar, Gloria M; Shipp, Thomas D; Simpson, Lynn; Sussman, Betsy L; Uyeda, Jennifer W; Wall, Darci J; Whitcomb, Bradford P; Zelop, Carolyn M; Glanc, Phyllis Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2019 May;16(5S):S77-S93
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Staging and Follow-Up of Ovarian Cancer.
Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging:; Kang, Stella K; Reinhold, Caroline; Atri, Mostafa; Benson, Carol B; Bhosale, Priyadarshani R; Jhingran, Anuja; Lakhman, Yulia; Maturen, Katherine E; Nicola, Refky; Pandharipande, Pari V; Salazar, Gloria M; Shipp, Thomas D; Simpson, Lynn; Small, William; Sussman, Betsy L; Uyeda, Jennifer W; Wall, Darci J; Whitcomb, Bradford P; Zelop, Carolyn M; Glanc, Phyllis Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2018 May;15(5S):S198-S207
Human papillomavirus genotypes in Pacific Islander cervical cancer patients.
Schisler, T M; Bhavsar, A K; Whitcomb, B P; Freeman, J H; Washington, M A; Blythe, J W; Nahid, M A; Dietrich, C S Gynecologic oncology reports 2018 May;2483-86
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Ovarian Cancer Screening.
Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging:; Pandharipande, Pari V; Lowry, Kathryn P; Reinhold, Caroline; Atri, Mostafa; Benson, Carol B; Bhosale, Priyadarshani R; Green, Edward D; Kang, Stella K; Lakhman, Yulia; Maturen, Katherine E; Nicola, Refky; Salazar, Gloria M; Shipp, Thomas D; Simpson, Lynn; Sussman, Betsy L; Uyeda, Jennifer; Wall, Darci J; Whitcomb, Bradford; Zelop, Carolyn M; Glanc, Phyllis Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2017 Nov;14(11S):S490-S499
Successful use of next generation genomic sequencing (NGS)-directed therapy of clear cell carcinoma of the ovary (CCCO) with trametinib and metformin in a patient with chemotherapy-refractory disease.
Castro, Michael P; Whitcomb, Bradford P; Zajchowski, Deborah A; Coleman, Robert L Gynecologic oncology research and practice 2015 Jan;24
Long-term impact of the women's health initiative on HRT.
Parente, Lynn; Uyehara, Catherine; Larsen, Wilma; Whitcomb, Bradford; Farley, John Archives of gynecology and obstetrics 2008 Mar;277(3):219-24
Profiling microdissected epithelium and stroma to model genomic signatures for cervical carcinogenesis accommodating for covariates.
Gius, David; Funk, Margo C; Chuang, Eric Y; Feng, Sheng; Huettner, Phyllis C; Nguyen, Loan; Bradbury, C Matthew; Mishra, Mark; Gao, Shuping; Buttin, Barbara M; Cohn, David E; Powell, Matthew A; Horowitz, Neil S; Whitcomb, Bradford P; Rader, Janet S Cancer research 2007 Aug;67(15):7113-23
Frequent HOXA11 and THBS2 promoter methylation, and a methylator phenotype in endometrial adenocarcinoma.
Whitcomb, Bradford P; Mutch, David G; Herzog, Thomas J; Rader, Janet S; Gibb, Randall K; Goodfellow, Paul J Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2003 Jun;9(6):2277-87
Cholesteryl esters separated and identified in B. glabrata snails
Sherma J, Whitcomb B, Shane P, Fried B. Journal of Planar Chromatography 1991 Jan;4326-328
Determination of clioquinol, hydrocortisone, hydrocortisone acetate in cream and ointment preparations by HPTLC-densitometry
Sherma J, Whitcomb BP, Brubaker K Journal of Planar Chromatography 1990 Jan;3189-190

Book Chapters

Chapter 12. Gynecologic Causes of Lower Abdominal Pain
Charles S. Dietrich III and Bradford P. Whitcomb Clinical Scenarios in General Surgery 2012 Jan;52-57

Abstracts

Bereavement practices of gynecologic oncologists: Physician and care team practices compared to caregiver needs.
Lauren Harrison, Christopher Morosky, Bradford Whitcomb Journal of Clinical Oncology 2022 Jun;40(16_suppl):12021

Case Reports

Three cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome in ovarian cancer patients treated with combination gemcitabine and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin.
Lewin, Sharyn N; Mutch, David G; Whitcomb, Bradford P; Liapis, Helen; Herzog, Thomas J Gynecologic oncology 2005 Apr;97(1):228-33
Primary peritoneal psammocarcinoma: A case presenting with an upper abdominal mass and elevated CA-125.
Whitcomb, B P; Kost, E R; Hines, J F; Zahn, C M; Hall, K L Gynecologic oncology 1999 May;73(2):331-4

Reviews

Gynecologic malignancies.
Whitcomb, Bradford P The Surgical clinics of North America 2008 Apr;88(2):301-17, vi

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Opioid analgesics following surgery for gynecologic cancer patients at a university health center: have we altered our prescribing patterns in this patient population?	Poster	52nd Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, Society of Gynecologic Oncology	2021	SGO Meeting (virtual)

Title or Abstract

Type

Sponsor/Event

Date/Year

Location

Opioid analgesics following surgery for gynecologic cancer patients at a university health center: have we altered our prescribing patterns in this patient population?

Poster

52nd Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer, Society of Gynecologic Oncology

2021

SGO Meeting (virtual)