Internationally recognized gynecologic oncologist Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), specializing in the treatment of women’s cancers. She also serves as an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and gynecologic oncology, Bazzett-Matabele brings more than two decades of clinical experience in women’s cancer care and academic leadership to her new role at UAMS. She specializes in the treatment of cancers of the female reproductive system, including ovarian, uterine, cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers.
Bazzett-Matabele most recently served as head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Botswana, where she led cervical cancer training and care delivery. From 2000 to 2015, she served as an attending physician at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans and as a clinical professor and instructor at Louisiana State and Tulane Universities.
Bazzett-Matabele has served as a medical volunteer in more than a half-dozen countries and serves on the World Health Organization’s expert group for cervical cancer prevention. She has been an invited speaker at numerous international conferences and has contributed to peer-reviewed research focused on cancer treatment in under-resourced areas, HIV-associated cervical cancer, and improving surgical outcomes.
Bazzett-Matabele earned a medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, where she also completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology. She completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky.
Bazzett-Matabele sees patients in the Women’s Cancer Clinic at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.