About me
Charlotte Gamble, MD, MPH, is an attending gynecologic oncologist based at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital. As a specialist in gynecologic cancers, she sees patients for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers of the uterus, ovary, cervix, vulva, and vagina.
Her treatment methods include a multi-modality approach, in which she employs the use of immunotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy, and surgery, depending on the specific needs of each patient. Dr. Gamble works closely with a multidisciplinary team of specialists, such as radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, and pathologists, as well as her clinical team of residents, fellows, physicians assistants, and nurse navigators to provide the optimal tailored treatment plan for her patients.
As a community advocate, Dr. Gamble is dedicated to taking care of patients who have historically been marginalized and are vulnerable to poor health outcomes. She provides all patients with excellent and equitable care. Her research examines the role of safety net hospital systems in gynecologic cancer care.
Dr. Gamble received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. While getting her medical degree, Dr. Gamble completed a Master of Public Health degree with a focus on health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed obstetrics & gynecology residency at Duke University Hospital, where she served as Chief Resident for Education. She completed her fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Columbia and Weill Cornell Medical Centers, before joining MedStar Health. She is a member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the National Medical Association.
Dr. Gamble is recognized for her dedication to her field and to teaching. During her residency at Duke, she was awarded the Golden Apple Teaching Award, the Michelle P. Winn Inclusive Excellence Award. She received the outstanding fellow research award at Weill Cornell Hospital.
Philosophy of Care
“I became a doctor because physicians can have such a powerfully unique role in advocating for women’s health – improving and pushing the system to do better, specifically for vulnerable patients. It is a privilege to care for patients with gynecologic cancer and to gain their trust, holding space for them as they make decisions about their health in the context of their daily lives. Every day, I feel lucky to be in my position and to get to do this work. At my core, I am driven by justice – providing equitable care to all my patients, understanding that the systems we live and work in have not always been fair, and helping to remove barriers patients face in getting timely, quality care.
“My team and I are committed to accompanying each patient throughout the entire process -- diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. We integrate whatever support they have or don’t have – friends, family, community – into how we deliver care, and take care of them like our own loved ones. While a lot of what determines how well patients do is from how advanced and how aggressive their disease is at the time of diagnosis – another really important part is supporting them emotionally & socially - providing compassionate, ‘whole person’ care so that we can get patients through the necessary treatment with minimal breaks and delays."
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Tumor Markers
- Acquired Absence Of Female Genital Organs
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Genital Organs
- Cervical Cancer
- Cervix Uteri Disorders
- Endometrial Cancer
- Endometrial Hyperplasia
- Endometriosis
- Genetic Susceptibility To Disease
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
- Liposarcoma
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Cervix Uteri
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Female Genital Organs
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Vulva
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovary, Fallopian Tube And Broad Ligament Disorders
- Peritoneum Disorders
- Uterine Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
Procedures I perform
- Bilateral Fallopian Tubes Excision, Open
- Bilateral Ovaries Resection Endoscopic
- Bilateral Salpingo
- Cervical Biopsy
- Cervical Cancer
- Cervical Cerclage Removal
- Cervical Lymph Node Dissection
- Clinical Trials For Gynecologic Cancer
- Colposcopy
- Colposcopy With Biopsy And Endocervical Curettage
- Contraceptive Device Insertion
- Electrodesiccation And Curettage
- Excision Of Perineum Muscle
- Geriatric Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
- Gynecologic Cancer Treatment
- Hysterectomy With Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
- Hysteroscopic Surgery
- Labia Cancer Treatment
- Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure
- Oophorectomy
- Ostectomy
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Remnant Syndrome Treatment
- Pap Smear
- Pelvic Floor Surgery
- Pelvic Pain Treatment
- Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy
- Robotic Colpopexy
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy For Gynecologic Cancer
- Uterine Artery Embolization
- Uterine Cancer
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization
- Uterine Fibroid Treatment
- Uterine Inversion
- Vaginal Contraceptive Ring Removal
- Vaginal Discharge Treatment
- Vaginal Mucosa Biopsy
- Vaginal Rejuvenation With Laser
- Vaginal Surgery
- Vaginal Vault Suspension
- Vulva Biopsy
- Vulvar Cancer
- Vulvar Itching Treatment
- Vulvar Pain Treatment
- Vulvodynia
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
-
List of insurance plans we accept
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Choice POS II
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst NASCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA EPO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- First Health PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-EPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Employee Health Plan
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Choice POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-Open POS Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- POS OA
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 3500
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Network OA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HighMark
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- UHC Passport
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- IH-Open HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE East Prime
- Sentara Health
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellowship: New York Presbyterian Hospital (2021)
Residency: Duke University Hospital (2018)
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School (2014)
Medical School: Harvard School of Public Health (2013)
Medical School: University of Michigan (2008)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Gamble CR, Sage L, Nguyen A, Hempstead BH, Moore A, Willis M, Doll KM. Social support and resilience in black women affected by endometrial cancer. AJOG. 2021. In press. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.08.041. PMID: 34481773
Gamble CR, Huang Y, Wright JD, Hou JY. Precision Medicine testing in ovarian cancer: The growing inequity between patients with commercial vs Medicaid insurance. Gynecol Oncol. 2021 May 3. doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.04.025. PMID: 33958212
Gamble CR, Doll K. Miles to go: Social Inequity and Endometrial Cancer Survival. BJOG. Jun; 128(7):1225. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16662. PMID: 33656235
Gamble CR. Research, racism, and bending the arc in gynecologic cancers. Blog Post in Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity. 2020 Dec. https://www.sgo.org/blog/research-racism-and-bending-the-arc-in-gynecologic-cancers-charlotte-gamble-md-mph/
Gamble CR, Khoury-Collado F. Unrecognized placenta accreta spectrum: Intraoperative management. OBGYN Management. 2020 Nov; 32(11):32-36. doi: 10.12788/obgm.0046
Gamble CR, Wright JD. Gynecologic cancer update. OBGYN Management. 2019. Mar; 31(3):21-28.
Gamble CR, Huang Y, Frey MK, Wright JD. Caring for patients with uterine cancer in rural and public hospitals in New York State. Obstet Gynecology. 2019 Dec; 134(6):1260-1268. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003583. PMID: 31764737
Gamble CR, Huang Y, Tergas A, Khoury-Collado F, Hou JY, St. Clair CM, Ananth CV, Neugut AI, Hershman DL, Wright JD. Quality of care and outcomes of patients with gynecologic malignancies treated at safety-net hospitals. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 2019 Jun 7;3(3). doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkz039. PMID: 31535077. PMCID: PMC6735612
Gamble CR, Havrilesky LJ, Myers ER, Chino JP, Hollenbeck S, Plichta JK, Kelly Marcom P, Shelley Hwang E, Kauff ND, Greenup RA. Cost Effectiveness of Risk-Reducing Mastectomy versus Surveillance in BRCA Mutation Carriers with a History of Ovarian Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Oct;24(11):3116-3123. doi: 10.1245/s10434-017-5995-z. PMID: 28699130. PMCID: PMC5990891