Jernigan

Amelia Jernigan, MD

Division Director, Gynecology Oncology

Associate Professor of Gynecologic Oncology

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LSU Healthcare Network
3601 Houma Blvd., Suite 203
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: (504) 412-1650
Fax: (504) 412-1660

3700 St. Charles Avenue, 5th floor
New Orleans, LA  70115
504-412-1520

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University Medical Center Cancer Center
2000 Canal Street, 5th floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 702-3311
Fax: (504) 702--5739
For an appointment please contact us or have your referring provider fax a referral to us at the above number.

West Jefferson Cancer Center
1101 Medical Center Blvd.
Marrero, LA 70072
Phone: (504) 349-6360
Fax: (504) 349-6363
For an appointment please contact us or have your referring provider fax a referral to us at the above number.

 

Administrative Office:

2021 Perdido St., 4th floor
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: (504)568-4850
Fax: (504)568-5140

Degrees

2005 - B.S. Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans
2009 - M.D., Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia
2013 - Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
2016 - Fellowship, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Bio

Dr. Amelia Jernigan is a Gynecologic Oncologist with the LSU Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA where she was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. She then completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, where she served as Administrative Chief Resident and won the Ungula Sinistra award in recognition of her surgical skills and exceptional care of women with gynecologic cancer. This was followed by a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. As a Gynecologic Oncologist she specializes in the use of surgery and chemotherapy to treat gynecologic cancers and gynecologic conditions that require complex surgeries.

Dr. Jernigan is a Fellow in the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is board certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and in Gynecology Oncology. She is an active member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology and serves on the Communications Committee. She is also an active member of the NRG and serves on the Rare Tumors and Young Investigators Committees. She has published and presented dozens of scientific abstracts and articles over the past several years and is actively engaged in research, hoping to advance the care and treatment options available to women with gynecologic cancers.