Dr. Setsuko Chambers is one of the few nationally recognized Gynecologic Oncologists elected to the National Academy of Medicine. She specializes in gynecologic cancers and is one of the few gynecologic oncologist physician-scientists in the country, active as both a researcher and clinical gynecologic oncologist.
She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at Yale University. She was the first female tenured professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
At the University of Arizona Cancer Center, Dr. Chambers is the Director of Women's Cancers and holds the Bobbi Olson Endowed Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research.
Dr. Chambers’ expertise spans basic through translational research, clinical trials, to active clinical care. She runs several innovative chemotherapy trials in ovarian cancer, open at the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC).