Trained at the nation’s finest medical institutions, Dr. Westhoff is a thoughtful physician with advanced surgical skills. She graduated Alpha Omega Alpha from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, received the resident research award at OHSU, and completed her fellowship in gynecologic oncology at UCSF/Stanford’s highly respected joint program. There, Dr. Westhoff gained expertise in the surgical and clinical care of patients with a variety of gynecologic cancers.
She is focused on continuing her work to improve the standard of care through the use of minimally -invasive surgical methods and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery pathways. Dr. Westhoff is highly regarded by previous patients for her warmth and compassion. Her humility is a reflection of the values she learned growing up in a small farm community and her time teaching middle school science. Her commitment to service for others includes traveling to Ethiopia to perform prolapse surgeries and developing an after-school anatomy class for at-risk youth.
