Your Power to Prevent: Cervical Cancer

Andrew Menzin, MD, is an OB/GYN and oncology specialist at Northwell Health Physician Partners Gynecologic Oncology at New Hyde Park. He is also the chief of gynecologic oncology for Northwell facilities across central Long Island and Queens, and the vice chairman of academic affairs for the OB/GYN service line. Dr. Menzin has nearly three decades of experience in gynecologic oncology and academic medicine.

“I come from a family of doctors,” he says. “Education, medicine and service to others was just part of how I grew up.”

Dr. Menzin treats the full spectrum of gynecologic issues, from benign conditions to all malignancies of the female reproductive system. His extensive surgical expertise includes cancer surgery, robotic surgery and complex gynecologic surgery.

He joined Northwell Health in 1995, after completing a fellowship in gynecologic oncology and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

“At Northwell, we’re here to meet every patient’s needs and deliver truly collaborative care,” says Dr. Menzin, who works closely with specialists including pathologists, radiologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, general surgeons, colorectal surgeons and urologists. He carefully explains this multifaceted care to each patient-even drawing his unique diagrams for extra clarity.

Dr. Menzin is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is a member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology, as well as a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He’s been named numerous times on the Castle Connolly Top Doctors list, and he’s an avid supporter of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, which supports ovarian cancer survivors and funds research to find a cure.

“I have had great mentors who’ve inspired me along the way,” says Dr. Menzin. “It’s all about delivering care that’s patient-centered. Looking after them the way I’d want to be cared for.”

Lauren Rose Scanlon, MD, FACOG is a fellowship-trained Gynecologic Oncologist with double-board certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology. Dr. Scanlon is Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Zucker School of Medicine. She earned her Medical Degree at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.  She then completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwell Health/North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Gynecologic Oncology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Scanlon provides the full scope of cancer care to her patients with gynecologic malignancies, performing surgery and administering chemotherapy at both the Zuckerberg Cancer Center and Queens Cancer Center. As a surgeon, she performs minimally invasive, robotic and traditional open surgery for ovarian, uterine, cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers.  She is dedicated to offering evidence-based and patient-centered cancer care to her patients. Dr. Scanlon is also a dedicated teacher and serves as Assistant Program Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship at Northwell Health. She is passionate about educating the next generation of physicians and gynecologic surgeons.