Nawar A. Latif, MD, MPH, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending, Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending, Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Quality Improvement Program, Gynecologic Oncology Division, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Program Director, Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship
Surgical Director of The Living Donor Uterus Transplant Program, Penn Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery
Director, Center for Surgical Excellence in Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Contact information
Jordan Center for Gynecologic Oncology at Penn Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
3rd Floor West
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
3rd Floor West
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
nawar.latif@uphs.upenn.edu
nawar.latif@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
MD
University of Baghdad, 2002.
MPH (Master of Public Health, Health Policy and Administration, Fulbright scholarship grant)
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 2009.
MSCE (Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology)
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
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University of Baghdad, 2002.
MPH (Master of Public Health, Health Policy and Administration, Fulbright scholarship grant)
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 2009.
MSCE (Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology)
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
Selected Publications
Shermoen C, Mulugeta-Gordon L, Latif N: Are Patients Understanding? Readability of Online Hereditary Gynecologic Cancer Patient Education Materials in English and Spanish. Oral presentation, Society of Gynecology Oncology annual meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico Apr 2026.Labban N, Jang M, Mulugeta-Gordon L, Latif N: Surgical Video: Uterine Transplant: Living Donor Surgery. Oral presentation Society of Gynecologic Oncology annual meeting, San Juan Puerto Rico Apr 2026.
Jang M, Gysler S, Ko EM, Giuntoli RL 2nd, Latif NA, Kim SH, Nasioudis D: Early administration of adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with advanced-stage malignant ovarian germ cell tumors is associated with an overall survival benefit. Int J Gynecol Cancer 36(2):102824, Feb 2026.
Dagher C, Latif NA, Gysler S, Giuntoli RL 2nd, Kim SH, Ko EM, Nasioudis D: Outcomes of patients with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. Int J Gynecol Cancer 36(1):102772, Jan 2026.
Jang M, Gysler S, Latif NA, Ko EM, Giuntoli RL 2nd, Kim SH, Simpkins F, Nasioudis D: Identifying and capitalizing on unique molecular alterations of mucinous ovarian carcinoma for the development of novel therapeutic strategies. Gynecol Oncol Rep 63:102008, Dec 2025.
Huang A, Latif NA, Gysler S, Ko EM, Giuntoli RL 2nd, Kim SH, Nasioudis D: Outcomes of the sentinel lymph node mapping algorithm for patients with locally advanced endometrial carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer 35(12):102651, Dec 2025.
Jang M, Mulugeta-Gordon L, Carver J, Tupper N, Barbera J, Schwartz L, Latif N: Ovarian carcinoid tumor with carcinoid heart syndrome: A case report and literature review. Gynecol Oncol Rep 62:101997, Nov 2025.
Applebaum J, Zhao D, Latif N, O'Neill K: Feasibility of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Monitoring Tissue Oxygenation During Uterus Transplantation and Hysterectomy. J Clin Med 14(14):4832, Jul 2025.
Nasioudis D, Gysler S, Latif NA, Giuntoli RL 2nd, Kim SH, Ko EM: Incidence of lymph node metastases in patients with apparent early-stage endometrioid ovarian carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer 35(6):101897, Jun 2025.
Mulugeta-Gordon L, Gysler S, Latif NA, Ko EM, Giuntoli RL 2nd, Kim SH, Nasioudis: Quality of adjuvant radiation therapy and impact on the survival of patients with lymph node-positive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. Int J Gynecol Cancer 35(6):101748, Jun 2025.