Things people who know me know about me; I love football, I love my dogs, I love Veuve Clicquot, I love live music, and most importantly I love my patients like family!

I grew up in Buffalo, NY, home of the Buffalo Bills and am a diehard fan. I have a small family, am married and have three dogs, Ghost, Shadow, and Bronn. I went to a small Grade School where I met the best friends of my life, then went to an all girls private High School. In third grade I knew I wanted to be a surgeon, but not sure what kind. In high school I played lots of sports and loved volleyball the most, was class president, was in speech and debate (I know I’m a nerd- but I think you want your doctor to be a nerd), and worked scooping ice cream in the summer.

I went to my state university on academic scholarship (told you I was nerd) and earned a Bachelors of Science, magna cum laude, in biological sciences. Don’t worry I had some fun in college too- I worked as waitress, traveled a lot for a hundred or so concerts, and went to France and tasted my first “real” Champagne. I also met and fell in love with my husband (we met at a Bills game actually). Then, after four hard years, I graduated from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, in Buffalo NY, with my Medical Degree- and thus “Dr. G” was born.

During Medical school I realized I wanted to be a women’s cancer specialist. I appreciated that a longstanding relationship with a patient was important to me. I also knew challenging surgery was important as well. I wanted to be able to speak the truth to my patients, teach them, cry with them, laugh with them, hug them, maybe even curse now and then with them (after all cancer does suck).

So after my four years of residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Honolulu in Hawaii, I moved back to New York and completed and additional four yeas of fellowship training in the subspecialty Gynecologic Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCCN designated Cancer Center. I am now a fellowship trained Gynecologic Oncologist board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, thus completing my career as a student after 16 years of education post high school(Phew)!

Now this is the part you fit into my story.