Dr. Nana Tchabo, MD

Expert Publications

• The alarm anti-protease, secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, is a proliferation and survival factor for ovarian cancer cells.
• Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the endometrium: a case report.
• Treatment of early-stage uterine papillary serous carcinoma at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, 1992-2006.
• Expression and serum immunoreactivity of developmentally restricted
• Immunologic markers of cancer progression and prognosis.
• Progression-free and overall survival in ovarian cancer patients treated with CVac, a mucin 1 dendritic cell therapy in a randomized phase 2 trial.

Media Releases

Get to know Gynecologic Oncologist Dr. Nana Tchabo, who serves patients in New Jersey.

Dr. Tchabo is a dual board-certified gynecologic oncologist with Atlantic Women’s Cancer Associates, a part of Atlantic Health System’s Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers.

Having received intensive surgical and medical training in the treatment of female reproductive cancers, she coordinates unified, comprehensive care integrating various treatments including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and robotic surgery, along with supportive care services.

Committed to cancer prevention and survivorship, Dr. Tchabo is a principal investigator on many of the gynecologic cancer clinical research trials available at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center. She also serves as Associate Residency Director for Gynecology at Overlook Medical Center, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

Her prior appointments include assistant clinical professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science.

A native of Baltimore, Dr. Tchabo graduated with her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and a minor in women’s health from Brown University in 1996. She then attended the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for her medical degree, where she was cited for academic excellence. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Georgetown University Medical Center in 2004, pursued additional research training at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, and completed fellowship training in gynecology oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center from 2006 until 2009.

With a passion for her profession, Dr. Tchabo is board-certified in both obstetrics and gynecology & gynecologic oncology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). The mission of the ABOG is to define specialty standards, certify obstetricians and gynecologists, and facilitate continuous learning to advance knowledge, practice, and professionalism in women’s health.

Gynecologic oncology is a specialized field of medicine that focuses on cancers of the female reproductive system, including ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer. A gynecologic oncologist is a physician who specializes in treating women with reproductive tract cancers. They are initially trained as obstetrician/gynecologists and then undergo three to possibly more than five years of specialized education in all the effective forms of treatment for gynecologic cancers (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and experimental treatments) as well as the biology and pathology of gynecologic cancers.

Among Dr. Tchabo’s various accolades include Exceptional Women In Medicine: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Jersey’s Best Magazine Top Doctors: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; Jersey’s Best – Top Doctors for Cancer: 2019, 2021, 2022; Top Doctors New York Metro Area (digital guide): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; New York Magazine: Top Doctors: 2021, 2022; and Jersey’s Best – Top Doctors for Women’s Health: 2021, 2022.

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