Meet Gynecologic Surgeon Jennifer Mueller

Jennifer Mueller, MD, FACOG

Surgeon

Titles

Head, Endometrial Cancer Section, Gynecologic Oncology Service, Department of Surgery

Clinical Expertise

Endometrial Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Cervical Cancer; Vulvar Cancer; Rare Ovarian Cancer; Fertility Preservation in Endometrial, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancers

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Accepted Insurance Providers

Dr. Mueller accepts the following list of insurance providers. Select your insurance provider to see more details.

Aetna

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO PPO, POS, Transplant

Aetna Medicare Advantage (City of NY retirees only, starting 9/1/23)

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO

Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, PPO

Blue Cross Blue Shield New York

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

Blue Cross Blue Shield states outside of NY/NJ

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO PPO, POS

Blue Cross Health Plus

Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO

Carrum Health

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): Supplemental

Cigna

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO

Connecticare

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): POS, EPO, HMO

Emblem

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

Emblem Essential

Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO

Emblem Medicare Advantage

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO

Empire Blue Cross Medicare Advantage

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO, DSN

Empire Essential

Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO

Empire Plan / NYSHIP (Blue Cross/UnitedHealthcare split plan)

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO

Fidelis

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO

Fidelis Managed Medicaid & HARP

Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO

Fidelis Medicare Advantage

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO

First Health

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO

Healthfirst

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO, HMO, PPO, POS

Healthfirst Managed Medicaid

Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO

Healthfirst Medicare Advantage

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, PPO

Healthsmart

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO EPO

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (HMO)

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (PPO)

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey Omnia Tier I (EPO)

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey Omnia Tier II (EPO)

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO

Horizon Medicare Advantage

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO

Husky CT Medicaid

Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government

Magnacare

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO

Straight NJ Medicaid

Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government

Straight NY Medicaid

Payor Type: Medicaid/Managed Medicaid
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government

Medicare Part A&B (traditional Medicare)

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): Federal Government

Multiplan/Beech Street/PHCS

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): Supplemental

MVP

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO/OAP

Non-Participating Plans with Out of Network Benefits

Payor Type: Other
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO

NYC Medicare Advantage Plus for City Employees

Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): TBD

Oscar

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO/EPO

Oxford

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, EPO

World Trade Center Health Program (WTC)

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government

Qualcare

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO

Tricare

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO

UMR

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS

United Healthcare

Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO

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About Me

Education

MD, University of Vermont

Residencies

Obstetrics and Gynecology - Maine Medical Center

Fellowships

Gynecology Research - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certifications

Gynecologic Oncology

I am a surgeon who specializes in caring for women with gynecologic cancers, including uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and cancer of the vulva. I work as part of a team of experts from different areas to provide the highest standard of care for my patients.

 

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I started on my path in medicine after getting my undergraduate degree in women’s studies. During college, I learned how important it is to empower women to access healthcare. I also developed a greater appreciation for how critical a role a healthy, productive woman plays in her family and in society. I realized I wanted to spend my career providing care and impacting my community in a positive way, so I went to medical school.

I was also inspired to pursue a career in oncology by my grandmother, who I lost to cancer. She taught me many of the truths I live by today: Be civic and community-minded, be loving and generous with your time and talent, and dedicate your life to a purpose greater than yourself. This personal experience has often served as a reminder for me to treat the whole person, and to remember how much trust and hope people place in you during a health crisis.

In my clinical practice, I specialize in surgery for endometrial cancer, specifically sentinel lymph node mapping using minimally invasive techniques. This allows me to remove fewer lymph nodes and reduce the risk of complications from surgery, such as lymphedema and infection. I received an award from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology for my demonstration of this technique.I also have expertise in debulking surgery for ovarian cancer. 

My research interests include studying rare ovarian cancers and inherited endometrial cancers. I am also interested in molecular imaging techniques to find cancer in lymph nodes for women with endometrial cancer and cervical cancer.

At MSK, I studied small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type, and helped discover the critical gene that is mutated in this cancer. I collaborate internationally with academic groups to study mucinous ovarian cancers and with several US academic centers to study clear cell tumors of the ovary. I believe this cooperative research will result in knowledge that will help us better diagnose and care for women with these rare but aggressive tumors.

Women facing a cancer diagnosis are at an important crossroads in life. Aspects of health, quality of life, family, and community all converge. I gain so much professional and personal perspective, satisfaction, and value­ by partnering with my patients to help them make informed decisions about what to do when they are diagnosed with cancer.

I gain so much professional and personal perspective, satisfaction, and value­ by partnering with my patients to help them make informed decisions about what to do when they are diagnosed with cancer.

-Dr. Mueller

Awards and Honors

  • Gynecologic Oncology Fellows Teaching Award, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2020)
  • Best Surgical Film Award, Society of Gynecology Oncology National Meeting (2014)

Colleagues

Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering work as teams, with specialists from all different areas. This allows us to consider all your needs together, and to give you the best possible care.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering's doctors and scientists are constantly developing new treatments for cancer. MSK is typically running hundreds of clinical trials at a given time.

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Research and Publications

Positron Lymphography via Intracervical 18F-FDG Injection for Presurgical Lymphatic Mapping in Cervical and Endometrial Malignancies.

Mueller JJ, Dauer LT, Murali R, Iasonos A, Pandit-Taskar N, Abu-Rustum NR, Grimm J.J Nucl Med. 2020 Aug;61(8):1123-1130. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.119.230714. Epub 2020 Jan 10.PMID: 31924717 

Sentinel lymph node mapping for uterine cancer: a practical illustration of injection and mapping techniques using robot-assisted fluorescence imaging.

Mueller JJ, Leitao MM.Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2020 Mar;30(3):407. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2019-000967. Epub 2019 Dec 8.PMID: 31818862 No abstract available.

Massively parallel sequencing analysis of mucinous ovarian carcinomas: genomic profiling and differential diagnoses.

Mueller JJ, Schlappe BA, Kumar R, Olvera N, Dao F, Abu-Rustum N, Aghajanian C, DeLair D, Hussein YR, Soslow RA, Levine DA, Weigelt B.Gynecol Oncol. 2018 Jul;150(1):127-135. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.05.008. Epub 2018 May 22.PMID: 29793804

Non-exenterative surgical management of recurrent endometrial carcinoma.

Moukarzel LA, Braxton KF, Zhou QC, Pedra Nobre S, Iasonos A, Alektiar KM, Tew WP, Abu-Rustum NR, Leitao MM Jr, Chi DS, Mueller JJ.Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Aug;162(2):268-276. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.05.020. Epub 2021 Jun 2.

Incidence of pelvic lymph node metastasis using modern FIGO staging and sentinel lymph node mapping with ultrastaging in surgically staged patients with endometrioid and serous endometrial carcinoma.

Mueller JJ, Pedra Nobre S, Braxton K, Alektiar KM, Leitao MM Jr, Aghajanian C, Ellenson LH, Abu-Rustum NR.Gynecol Oncol. 2020 Jun;157(3):619-623. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.03.025. Epub 2020 Apr 1.PMID: 32247604

Mueller JJ, Zhou QC, Iasonos A, O’Cearbhaill RE, Alvi FA, El Haraki A, Zahl Eriksson EG, Gardner GJ, Sonoda Y, Levine DA, Aghajanian C, Chi DS, Abu-Rustum NA, Zivanovic O.  Neoadjuvant chemotherapy utilization and primary debulking surgery utilization for advanced-stage ovarian cancer at a comprehensive cancer center.  Gynecologic Oncology 2016 Mar;140(3):436-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.01.008

Mueller JJ, Holzapfel M, Han C, Santos K, Gunderson C, Moore K, Erickson B, Leath, CA III, Diaz E, Walsh C, Wethington SL, Dejbaksh SZ, Barakat RB, Gardner GJ, Hyman DM, Soslow RA, Leitao MM Jr. Staging lymphadenectomy in patients with clear cell carcinoma of the ovary. Internation Journal of Gynecological Cancer 2016 jan;26(1):120-4. doi: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000559

Jelinic P* and Mueller JJ*, Olvera N, Dao F, Scott SN, Shah R, Gao J, Schultz N, Gonen M, Soslow RA, Berger MF, Levine DA. Recurrent SMARCA4 mutations in small cell carcinoma of the ovary. Nature Genetics 2014 May;46(5):424-6. doi: 10.1038/ng.2922 (*co-first authors)

Publications on PubMed

Visit PubMed for a full listing of Dr. Mueller’s journal articles. Pubmed is an online index of research papers and other articles from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

MSK requires doctors and faculty members to report (“disclose”) the relationships and financial interests they have with external entities. As a commitment to transparency with our community, we make that information available to the public.

Jennifer Mueller discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

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