LTC G. Larry Maxwell, M.D.
Dr. Maxwell received his undergraduate degree with honors in chemistry and his medical degree with honors from the University of North Carolina. He completed his internship and residency with the military at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. For his fellowship, he trained in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Maxwell is currently a board certified gynecologic oncologist and obstetrican gynecologist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he serves as the Director of the Gynecologic Disease Center as well as the Deputy Director and Vice-Chair of the IRB for the United State Military Cancer Institute. He serves as a member of the Steering Committee for the Breast/Gynecologic Cancer Faculty at the at the National Cancer Institute and also functions as an adjunct investigator in the Laboratory of Biosystems and Cancer at the National Cancer Institute, where he pursues his basic science research activities, which have primarily involved identification of biomarkers associated with endometrial cancer. Dr. Maxwell has been the author and co-author of over 65 manuscripts and chapters. He has been recognized by the American College of Obstetricians with 6 prior awards at both the district and national level for his research. In 2001 and 2006, Dr. Maxwell received the President's Award for best paper and presentation at the annual clinical meeting of the Society of Clinical Oncology and he is the only recipient to have received the award twice. His contributions to military medicine were recognized with the Surgeon General Recognition Award in 2002, which was given to only one medical officer at the rank of Major in the entire Army Medical Corps. Dr. Maxwell is the Director of Gynecologic Surgical Services for the National Cancer Institute in a memorandum of understanding between the National Cancer Institute and the U.S. Army that enables provision of gynecologic surgical care to patients on NCI Gynecologic protocols. Dr. Maxwell's clinical expertise in the field of thromboembolism prevention has also made him an invited guest at several medical centers and national meetings.
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