Brittany A Davidson | Scholars@Duke

Brittany A Davidson
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Current Research Interests

My research interests revolve around 'the patient experience of cancer,' including patient preferences for genetic testing and management options in ovarian cancer, palliative care involvement in GYN cancers, communication strategies, post-operative pain management and medication compliance.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2017

Contact Information

brittany.davidson@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Duke University 2013 - 2016
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School 2009 - 2013
- M.D., University of Virginia 2009
Medical Licensure
- 2013-00137. North Carolina. 2013
Duke Appointment History
- Clinical Associate in the Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Director of Student and Trainee Education for GYN Oncology
Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Caregiver of the Week. Duke OB/GYN Department . February 2019
- Excellence in Teaching National Award. APGO-CREOG . 2018
- Health Education Certificate Program. DukeAhead. 2018
- Junior Associate. VitalTalk. 2018
- Surgical Education Scholar. APGO-CREOG. 2018
- Fellow Teacher of the Year. Department of OB/GYN. 2016
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Cancer in women
- Palliative Care
Research
Selected Grants
- CL-PTL-119: Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Phase III Trial of Maintenance FANG 2015 - 2020
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Development and validation of a predictive model for emergency room utilization and unanticipated hospital admission in patients receiving treatment for ovarian cancer awarded by Charles B. Hammond OB/GYN Research Award 2018
- A quantitative and qualitative analysis of adherence to oral anti-cancer therapeutics in the gynecology oncology population awarded by Charles B. Hammond Research Fund 2018
- Qualitative assessment for end of life treatment options in women with high-risk platinum-resistant ovarian cancer awarded by Duke Cancer Control & Population Sciences 2017
- Understanding and predicting opioid use following gynecologic surgery awarded by Duke University Hammond grant 2017
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Gaillard, Stéphanie L., Kaitlyn J. Andreano, Laurie M. Gay, Meghan Steiner, Matthew S. Jorgensen, Brittany Anne Davidson, Laura J. Havrilesky, et al. “Constitutively active ESR1 mutations in gynecologic malignancies and clinical response to estrogen-receptor directed therapies..” Gynecol Oncol 154, no. 1 (July 2019): 199–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.04.010.
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  - Secord, Angeles Alvarez, Michael McCollum, Brittany A. Davidson, Gloria Broadwater, Robert Squatrito, Laura J. Havrilesky, Anne C. Gabel, et al. “Phase II trial of nintedanib in patients with bevacizumab-resistant recurrent epithelial ovarian, tubal, and peritoneal cancer..” Gynecol Oncol 153, no. 3 (June 2019): 555–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.03.246.
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  - Veade, Ashley E., Jonathan Foote, Jessie Ehrisman, Gloria Broadwater, Brittany A. Davidson, Paula S. Lee, Angeles Alvarez Secord, Andrew Berchuck, and Laura J. Havrilesky. “Associations between lymphovascular space invasion, nodal recurrence, and survival in patients with surgical stage I endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma..” World J Surg Oncol 17, no. 1 (May 10, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-019-1620-x.
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  - Watson, Catherine H., Micael Lopez-Acevedo, Gloria Broadwater, Amy H. Kim, Jessie Ehrisman, Brittany A. Davidson, Paula S. Lee, Fidel Valea, Andrew Berchuck, and Laura J. Havrilesky. “A pilot study of lower extremity lymphedema, lower extremity function, and quality of life in women after minimally invasive endometrial cancer staging surgery..” Gynecol Oncol 153, no. 2 (May 2019): 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.02.021.
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  - Berger, Miles, Deborah Oyeyemi, Mobolaji O. Olurinde, Heather E. Whitson, Kent J. Weinhold, Marty G. Woldorff, Lewis A. Lipsitz, et al. “The INTUIT Study: Investigating Neuroinflammation Underlying Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction..” J Am Geriatr Soc 67, no. 4 (April 2019): 794–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15770.
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  - Davidson, Brittany A., Gloria Broadwater, Aleia Crim, Robert Boccacio, Kristin Bixel, Floor Backes, Rebecca A. Previs, et al. “Surgical complexity score and role of laparoscopy in women with advanced ovarian cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy..” Gynecol Oncol 152, no. 3 (March 2019): 554–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.12.011.
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  - Davidson, Brittany A., Jessie Ehrisman, Shelby D. Reed, Jui-Chen Yang, Adam Buchanan, and Laura J. Havrilesky. “Preferences of women with epithelial ovarian cancer for aspects of genetic testing..” Gynecol Oncol Res Pract 6 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40661-019-0066-8.
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  - Lim, Stephanie L., Haley A. Moss, Angeles Alvarez Secord, Paula S. Lee, Laura J. Havrilesky, and Brittany A. Davidson. “Hysterectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy in the setting of pre-operative diagnosis of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia: A cost-effectiveness analysis..” Gynecol Oncol 151, no. 3 (December 2018): 506–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.09.020.
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  - Salinaro, Julia R., Allison M. Puechl, Laura J. Havrilesky, and Brittany A. Davidson. “Gender trends in gynecologic oncology authorship: Implications for the critical evaluation of gender distribution in academic rank and leadership positions..” Gynecol Oncol 151, no. 3 (December 2018): 542–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.10.009.
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  - Davidson, Brittany A., Haley A. Moss, Jaclyn Arquiette, and Arif H. Kamal. “Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know When Caring for Patients with Endometrial Cancer..” J Palliat Med 21, no. 6 (June 2018): 857–61. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0053.
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  - Davidson, Brittany A., Jessie Ehrisman, Sara Abbott, Zach Harmon, Angeles A. Secord, Andrew Berchuck, Paula S. Lee, et al. “Prospective Evaluation of Lymph Node Processing at Staging Surgery for High-grade Endometrial Cancer..” Int J Gynecol Pathol 37, no. 3 (May 2018): 252–55. https://doi.org/10.1097/PGP.0000000000000418.
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  - Davidson, Brittany A., Haley A. Moss, and Arif H. Kamal. “Top 10 Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know When Caring for Patients with Ovarian Cancer..” J Palliat Med 21, no. 2 (February 2018): 250–54. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2017.0679.
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  - Makker, Vicky, Angela K. Green, Robert M. Wenham, David Mutch, Brittany Davidson, and David Scott Miller. “New therapies for advanced, recurrent, and metastatic endometrial cancers.” Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice 4, no. 1 (December 2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40661-017-0056-7.
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  - Phippen, N. T., A. A. Secord, S. Wolf, G. Samsa, B. Davidson, A. P. Abernethy, D. Cella, et al. “Quality of life is significantly associated with survival in women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: An ancillary data analysis of the NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG-0218) study..” Gynecol Oncol 147, no. 1 (October 2017): 98–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.07.121.
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  - Madden-Fuentes, Ramiro Jose, Bridget F. Koontz, Michael R. Harrison, Daniel J. George, Brittany Davidson, Brian F. Gilmore, Judd W. Moul, Christopher Mantyh, and Andrew C. Peterson. “How Can We Effectively Address the Medical and Psychological Concerns of Survivors of Pelvic Malignancies?.” Oncology (Williston Park) 31, no. 4 (April 15, 2017): 286–94.
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  - Foote, Jonathan R., Stephanie Gaillard, Gloria Broadwater, Julie A. Sosa, Brittany Davidson, Mohamed A. Adam, Angeles Alvarez Secord, Monica B. Jones, Junzo Chino, and Laura J. Havrilesky. “Disparities in the surgical staging of high-grade endometrial cancer in the United States..” Gynecol Oncol Res Pract 4 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40661-016-0036-3.
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  - Davidson, Brittany A., Jonathan Foote, Leslie H. Clark, Gloria Broadwater, Jessie Ehrisman, Paola Gehrig, Whitney Graybill, Angeles Alvarez Secord, and Laura J. Havrilesky. “Tumor grade and chemotherapy response in endometrioid endometrial cancer..” Gynecol Oncol Rep 17 (August 2016): 3–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2016.04.006.
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  - Davidson, Brittany A., Jonathan Foote, Stacey L. Brower, Chunqiao Tian, Laura J. Havrilesky, and Angeles Alvarez Secord. “Analysis of in vitro chemoresponse assays in endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma: an observational ancillary analysis..” Gynecol Oncol Res Pract 3 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40661-016-0032-7.
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  - Myers, Evan R., Patricia Moorman, Jennifer M. Gierisch, Laura J. Havrilesky, Lars J. Grimm, Sujata Ghate, Brittany Davidson, et al. “Benefits and Harms of Breast Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review..” Jama 314, no. 15 (October 20, 2015): 1615–34. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.13183.
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  - Davidson, B. A., C. I. Nagel, D. L. Richardson, S. M. Kehoe, D. S. Miller, and J. S. Lea. “Outcomes of Treatment of Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia in a Primarily Indigent Urban Population..” Journal of Reproductive Medicine 60, no. 5–6 (2015): 243–48.
  - Davidson, Brittany Anne, and Patricia G. Moorman. “Risk-benefit assessment of the combined oral contraceptive pill in women with a family history of female cancer..” Expert Opin Drug Saf 13, no. 10 (October 2014): 1375–82. https://doi.org/10.1517/14740338.2014.951327.
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  - Davidson, Brittany A., and Angeles Alvarez Secord. “Profile of pazopanib and its potential in the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer..” Int J Womens Health 6 (2014): 289–300. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S49781.
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  - Davidson, Brittany Anne, Jennifer M. Rubatt, David L. Corcoran, Deanna K. Teoh, Marcus Q. Bernardini, Lisa A. Grace, William John Soper, et al. “Differential Angiogenic Gene Expression in TP53 Wild-Type and Mutant Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines..” Front Oncol 4 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2014.00163.
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- Conference Papers
  - Davidson, B. A., J. Ehrisman, S. D. Reed, J. Yang, F. R. Johnson, A. H. Buchanan, P. K. Marcom, and L. J. Havrilesky. “PMD180 - THE VALUE TO WOMEN WITH OVARIAN CANCER OF GENE VARIANTS WITH KNOWN AND UNKNOWN SIGNIFICANCE: A DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT.” In Value in Health, 21:S274–S274. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2018.09.1629.
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  - Gaillard, Stephanie, Laurie M. Gay, Meghan Steiner, Kaitlyn Andreano, Brittany Anne Davidson, Laura Jean Havrilesky, Angeles Alvarez Secord, et al. “Assessment of activating estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) mutations in gynecologic malignancies..” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 36:5590–5590. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.5590.
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  - Salinaro, Julia, Jessie Ehrisman, Angeles Alvarez Secord, and Brittany Anne Davidson. “Incidence of venous thromboembolism among patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer..” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 36:e17531–e17531. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.e17531.
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  - Gillen, J., K. A. Mills, J. Dvorak, B. Zheng, T. Thai, R. Salani, C. M. Cosgrove, B. Davidson, P. H. Thaker, and K. N. Moore. “Imaging Biomarkers of Adiposity and Sarcopenia as Potential Predictors for Overall Survival Among Patients with Endometrial Cancer Treated with Bevacizumab.” In Gynecologic Oncology, 147:198–99. Elsevier BV, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.07.031.
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  - Davidson, Brittany Anne, Robert Squatrito, Linda R. Duska, Laura Jean Havrilesky, Nyssa Schwager, Michael McCollum, Sanja Arapovic, and Angeles Alvarez Secord. “Phase II evaluation of nintedanib in the treatment of bevacizumab-resistant persistent/recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma..” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 34:TPS5601–TPS5601. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2016. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2016.34.15_suppl.tps5601.
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  - Davidson, B. A., D. B. Mannschreck, G. Broadwater, M. Lopez-Acevedo, P. S. Lee, L. J. Havrilesky, F. A. Valea, A. Berchuck, and A. A. Secord. “Findings at laparoscopy, not debulking status, are associated with survival in advanced stage ovarian cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.” In Gynecologic Oncology, 137:111–111. Elsevier BV, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.01.276.
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  - Roque, Dario R., Stuart Pierce, Kemi Morenikeji Doll, Brittany Davidson, Amanda Lynn Jackson, Emily Meichun Ko, Dominic T. Moore, et al. “Endometrial cancer outcomes in hypertensive women treated with beta-blocker..” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32:e16545–e16545. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2014. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2014.32.15_suppl.e16545.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- OBGYN 405C: Gynecologic Cancer Sub-Internship 2019
Advising & Mentoring
- Mentoring 1st year fellow in research projects
  
  Continuity clinic mentor for 3rd year medical students
  
  Mentoring residents in their 3rd year research project requirement
Teaching Activities
- Courses Taught:
  
  2018 OB/GYN 404C Prep for OB/GYN Residency: Instructor
  -Breaking Bad News
  -Physician Wellness
  
  Medical Student Case Based Learning: Instructor
  
  GYN Laparoscopic Training Curriculum: Instructor
  
  Director of GYN Oncology Resident Education
  
  OB/GYN Resident Coaching Program: Program Co-lead and Coach
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
Service to the Profession
- Reviewer. Progress In Palliative Care Journal. 2018 2018
- Reviewer. Journal of Oncology Practice. 2017 2017
Academic & Administrative Activities
- Duke Cancer Institute Sexual Health Working Group
  Duke Cancer Institute Quality Improvement Committee
  Duke OB/GYN Wellness Committee
  Duke OB/GYN Core Curriculum Committee

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Medical Licensure

Duke Appointment History

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

Awards & Honors

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Recent Courses

Advising & Mentoring

Teaching Activities

Presentations & Appearances

Service to the Profession

Academic & Administrative Activities