As part of our multidisciplinary approach to cancer care, Penrose Cancer Center offers Gynecologic Oncology, a highly specialized field that offers leading-edge treatment to women with cancer of the reproductive system including both internal and external anatomy. The care is provided by a physician specially trained in gynecological oncology.

Our Staff (clockwise from left): Cara Miller, Merilee Forsyth, Dr. Dirk Pikaart, Kandace Willbanks, Heather Vanwynen, Andrea Hendrickson, Melissa Liimatainen

To become a gynecologic oncologist, physicians are required to complete an approved four-year residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology plus an additional two- to four-year clinical fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology. And unlike general oncologists, gynecological oncologists can perform surgery, administer chemotherapy and participate in radiation therapy. Dr. Dirk Pikaart is the only gynecologic oncologist based in southern Colorado. His office, Southern Colorado GYN Oncology, is conveniently located on the second floor of the Penrose Cancer Center.

Dr. Pikaart brings with him a superior level of knowledge and experience in advanced gynecologic surgery and chemotherapeutics, offering progressive medical and surgical techniques to southern Colorado’s women. Unique services include intraperitoneal chemotherapy, radical robotic surgery and other minimally-invasive surgical procedures.  To date, he has performed more than 500 robotic surgeries using the da Vinci® Surgical System. Penrose Hospital is the only facility in southern Colorado to feature this advanced robotic surgery technology.

Southern Colorado GYN Oncology provides state-of-the-art care for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers of the female reproductive system. Dr. Pikaart cares for patients with pre-cancers and cancers of the:

• Cervix
• Fallopian tubes
• Ovary
• Peritoneum 
• Uterus
• Vulva
• Vagina

Our Team:
The following physicians are part of the Penrose Cancer Center Physician Member program and practice in specialties involved with GYN cancers. This also includes our expert team of radiologists and pathologists.

• Gynecologic Oncology
  • Dirk Pikaart, DO
• Medical Oncology
  • D. Scott Brantley, MD
  • Hyun Sue Kim, MD
  • Matthew Logsdon, MD
  • Maurice Markus, MD
  • Michaela Carmen Matei, MD
  • Timothy Murphy, MD
  • Robert Sayre, MD
  • Daniel Tell, DO
  • James Young, MD
• Radiation Oncology
  • Alan Monroe, MD
  • Anuj Peddada, MD
  • Andrew Tanner, MD

To schedule an appointment please call (719) 776-6222.