Paola A Gehrig, MD
Gynecologic Oncology
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Bio & Overview
Paola Gehrig, MD, is a gynecologic oncologist and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She came to UVA after a long career at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where she was most recently appointed the executive medical director of the North Carolina Women’s Hospital.
In her practice as a gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Gehrig’s focus is providing compassionate, patient-centered care that respects each individual’s goals. “Every person travels their cancer journey in a unique way and under individual circumstances,” she says.
Dr. Gehrig was born in Salamanca, Spain, and came to Staunton as a child before settling with her family in Florida. She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville for both undergraduate and medical school. She completed her OB/GYN residency at UVA, followed by a gynecologic oncology fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill.
For as long as she can remember, Dr. Gehrig wanted to be a doctor. Her inspiration: her mother. “My mom is a physician and was a wonderful role model for me all of my life,” she says.
Dr. Gehrig is fluent in Spanish. She loves to travel and became interested in bread baking during the pandemic.
Academic Information
- Department
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Gynecological Oncology
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Florida College of Medicine (1993)
- Residency
- University of Virginia Medical Center (1997)
- Fellowship
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (1998)
- Certification
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Gynecologic Oncology), American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Highlights
Meet Gynecologic Oncologist Paola Gehrig, MD
Hi, my name is Paola Gehrig, and I'm a gynecologic oncologist at the University of Virginia. My clinical practice is gynecologic oncology, and what that means is I am responsible for the surgical care, the medical care, in terms of chemotherapy and directing radiation therapy for patients who have gynecologic malignancies. People don't really know what gynecologic malignancies are, but those would be cancers of the uterus, the cervix, and the ovary primarily. As we go through our careers in medicine, we're shaped by so many things. We're shaped by mentors, we're shaped by sponsors, we're shaped by our trainees, we're shaped by our patients. And I have to say that the amazing patients that I have the opportunity and the privilege to take care of, just reinforce that I made the right decision, every day. I'm really getting and developing an increasing passion for advocacy for our patients. Research funding for women's cancer pales in comparison to the funding for other malignancies. So really trying to work on a national level in terms of advocating for more federal funding so that we can combat these diseases. So what I would say if you were to come here, you're going to get individual care from the moment someone picks up the phone. It's such a big place and you have a new diagnosis and you've never been here before, you're not going to get lost. Trust me, I have and there's always someone there to help me get back on track. One of the things that I've been most impressed by in my time here is just the selflessness and the generosity of people's time and energy that they're really willing to spend with our patients, that we have such a privilege to take care of.
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