Dr. Jane Meisel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics.  Dr. Meisel has a special interest in women's health and in cancers that affect women, including breast and ovarian cancer. Her goal is to provide compassionate, exceptional, state-of-the-art care to patients fighting these diseases, and to conduct research that improves treatment options for these patients.

 

Dr. Meisel is a member of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group’s Breast Core Committee and serves as the principal investigator at Emory for many breast cancer clinical trials.  She also serves on the Cancer Communications Committee at ASCO (the American Society of Clinical Oncology) and has led the Women in Oncology Working Group for ASCO as well.  At Emory, she serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development for the Department of Hematology and Oncology and as part of the Core Faculty for the Emory University School of Medicine’s internal medicine residency. She enjoys mentoring residents and fellows in her clinic and on guided research.

 

Dr. Meisel graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2004 with a degree in the History of Science, and earned her medical degree in 2008 from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA in 2011; during that time, she also conducted research on breast cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She completed her fellowship in medical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, and served as Chief Fellow there from 2013 to 2014.