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."
Clinical areas of focus
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Pap Smear
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
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Genetic Susceptibility To Disease
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Cervix Uteri
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Female Genital Organs
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Vulva
- Moles
- Ovarian Cancer
- Uterine Cancer
- Vaginal Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
Procedures I perform
- Bilateral Fallopian Tubes Excision, Open
- Bilateral Ovaries Resection Endoscopic
- Bilateral Salpingo
- Cervical Cancer
- Cervical Lymph Node Dissection
- Cervix Excision, Natural Or Artificial Opening Diagnostic
- Clinical Trials For Gynecologic Cancer
- Cold Knife Cone Biopsy
- Colposcopy
- Colposcopy With Biopsy And Endocervical Curettage
- Da Vinci Gastrectomy
- Destruction Of Vulva Lesion
- Electrodesiccation And Curettage
- Endometrial Cancer Screening And Treatment
- Enterectomy
- Excision Of Perineum Muscle
- Fertility-Sparing Surgery
- Genitourinary Fistula Treatment
- Gynecologic Cancer Treatment
- Gynecological Cancer Screening
- Hdr Brachytherapy Of Cervix
- Hysterectomy With Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
- Labia Cancer Treatment
- Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Laparoscopic Ovarian Cystectomy
- Laparoscopic Removal Of Adnexal Structures
- Laparoscopic Uterosacral Nerve Ablation
- Laparoscopy
- Laparoscopy With Biopsy
- Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure
- Melanoma Resection
- Nerve Block
- Oophorectomy
- Ostectomy
- Ovarian Cancer
- Ovarian Cystectomy
- Ovary Excision, Open
- Pap Smear
- Pelvic Floor Surgery
- Pelvis Lymph Node Excision
- Radiation Therapy
- Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy
- Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Cystectomy For Bladder Cancer
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy For Gynecologic Cancer
- Sepsis Diagnosis
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- Total Proctocolectomy
- Urinary Tract Obstruction Treatment
- Uterine Cancer
- Uterus Resection
- Uterus Resection Endoscopic
- Vagina Excision, Open
- Vaginal Surgery
- Vulva Biopsy
- Vulvar Cancer
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.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE for Life East
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- UHC Passport
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst NASCO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- United Student Resources
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-POS
- First Health PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- POS OA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Network OA
- Choice POS II
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- TRICARE East Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-EPO Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Direct
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Aetna HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Navigate
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- HighMark
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- OA Plus
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
Education
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)
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