Elizabeth Poynor
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Elizabeth Ann Poynor (born January 9, 1962) is a gynecologic oncologist and advanced pelvic surgeon, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, and the chair of women's health and gynecology at the Atria Institute.[1]
Early life and education
Elizabeth Ann Poynor was born to Paul and Elizabeth "Mickie" Poynor in Nashville, Tennessee, on January 9, 1962. She and her parents moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma, in 1967,[2] where her father was a research consultant in chemical engineering for Conoco and her mother was a director of technical support and research.[3] In 1980, she graduated from Ponca City High School, where she participated in debate and swimming.[2]
Poynor graduated from Princeton University in 1984,[2][3] before receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1988. She completed her internship and was a chief resident in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, before completing a four-year fellowship in gynecologic oncology in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's (MSKCC) surgery department in 1995.[2][4] She earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in cell biology and genetics from Cornell University.[2]
Career
Following her fellowship, Poynor was a staff member at MSKCC until mid 2006, when she established a private practice.[2] She has also held a faculty position at Weill Cornell Medicine.[4] Poynor was a gynecologic oncologist and pelvic surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital, as of 2008–2015,[5] and became a gynecological oncologist at the St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, New York, in 2011.[4] She is a member of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, The Menopause Society,[4] and the New York Gynecology Society.[6] She is on the medical advisory board of Sharsheret, a non-profit organization that supports Jewish women diagnosed with breast cancer and ovarian cancer.[7]
Poynor's research topics include the genetics and molecular biology of ovarian cancers.[4] According to The Cut, she "has written extensively on the need to separate obstetrics and gynecology to allow doctors to focus on women who've aged out of the concerns endemic to the reproductive years".[8] Poynor hosts a podcast called Decoding Women's Health.[1][9] She has been deemed an "extraordinary" woman physician specializing in oncology in Castle Connolly Medical's list of "exceptional women in medicine".[10]
Personal life
Poynor is based in New York.[11] She is married to Richard Shapiro and the couple have a son.[2] She was inducted into Ponca City High School's "hall of fame" in 2022.[2]
Publications
- Poynor, Elizabeth (October 3, 2024). "Why It's Time to Uncouple Obstetrics and Gynecology". Time.
- Poynor, Elizabeth (December 12, 2025). "Ding Dong, the HRT Black Box Warning is Dead!". Town & Country.
See also
- List of Columbia University alumni and attendees
- List of Cornell University alumni
- List of Princeton University people
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lodato, Sofia (January 27, 2026). "How to Actually Understand Women's Health at Midlife, According to Elizabeth Poynor". Oprah Daily. Hearst Communications. ISSN 1531-3247.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Po-Hi Hall of Fame". The Ponca City News. September 1, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "WEDDINGS; Elizabeth Poynor, W. S. Tichenor". The New York Times. January 8, 1995.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Gynecological oncologist joins St. Anthony medical staff". Warwick Advertiser. September 29, 2011.
- ↑ Lenox Hill Hospital:
- "Natalia Vodianova's Hips Do Lie". New York. January 23, 2008. ISSN 0028-7369. OCLC 1760010.
- Gardner, Amanda (January 5, 2009). "Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer". ABC News.
- "HPV Vaccine". CBS News. November 4, 2013.
- "What are the risks of early menopause?". Live Science. March 31, 2015 – via Fox News.
- ↑ "Membership". New York Gynecology Society.
- ↑ "Boards". Sharsheret.
- ↑ Gould, Emily (December 4, 2025). "Old Young Person: Research shows that aging hits us harder at distinct moments — the first at 44. Elder millennials are headed for the cliff". The Cut. Vox Media.
- ↑ Maloney, Maggie (September 29, 2025). "Everything to Know About "Decoding Women's Health," a New Podcast From Dr. Elizabeth Poynor". Oprah Daily.
- ↑ Falvey, Anna (April 7, 2023). "761 exceptional women in oncology, per Castle Connolly". Becker's Hospital Review.
- ↑ Schroeder, Amy Cuevas. "Is Dr. Elizabeth Poynor the next big thing in women's health and longevity?". The Midst.
External links
- "Poynor EA" at PubMed
- Elizabeth Poynor's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- Dr. Elizabeth Poynor: Chair of Women's Health & Gynecology, Atria Health and Research Institute
- Elizabeth Poynor, MD, NYU Langone Health
- Elizabeth Poynor, M.D., Ph.D., Forbes
- Feel Grand: Women's Cancers with Jane Seymour (episode 3; 2014), PBS
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