In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Alexander Melamed from Columbia University to talk about health services research in gynecologic oncology. Dr. Melamed is an assistant professor in Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a gynecologic oncologist practicing at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. His research seeks to improve cancer care by applying innovative study designs and analytic approaches to observational data.