Q&A with Gynecologic Oncologist Allison Gockley, MD
Read this question-and-answer article featuring Allison Gockley, MD, a gynecologic oncologist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Mass General Cancer Center.
Allison Gockley, MD
About Allison Gockley, MD
Allison Gockley, MD is an attending Gynecologic Oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Gockley evaluates and treats patients with gynecologic cancers providing full spectrum care including surgical, chemotherapy and immunotherapy approaches. She specializes in minimally invasive surgery including laparoscopic and robotic techniques. Dr. Gockley provides care at Mass General in Boston and Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
Dr. Gockley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Washington and Lee University. Dr. Gockley received her medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital integrated program. She then completed her fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was on faculty at Columbia University prior to joining the faculty at Mass General. Dr. Gockley is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Gockley is a full member of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology and a recipient of the Gynecologic Oncology Group Young Investigator Award. Within the NRG/Gynecologic Oncology Group she serves on the surgical oncology, cervix/vulva and uterine corpus subcommittees.
Dr. Gockley’s research interests include the surgical treatment of gynecologic cancers, gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, advanced endometrial cancer and onco-fertility. She has 2 children, 1 French bulldog and enjoys running, eating pasta and spending time with her friends and family.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Cervix/Vulvar Cancer
- Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia
- Onco-fertility
- Ovarian cancer
- Uterine cancer
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Cancer Center: Gynecologic Oncology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 9E
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-4800
Mass General Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley
2014 Washington St.
Newton, MA 02462
Phone: 617-219-1230
Medical Education
- MD, Penn State College of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Gynecologic Oncology, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Obstetrics & Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Informative, professional, and compassionate.
Dr. Gockley has been fantastic.
Dr. Gockley was wonderful - she spent a lot of time with me and carefully explained my situation and what would happen next. She was warm and friendly and I have the utmost confidence in her.
Dr. Gokley and her assistant [redacted] were outstanding, period. They explained all of the issues resulting from my previous cancer surgery and were incredibly supportive because I now have to have another cancer surgery not related to the one Dr. Gokley operated on, period. I really appreciated all the detail and the absolute true concern they ... Read More
Dr. Gockley was warm, kind, compassionate and spoke to me in easy to understand language. Everyone I met with at the hospital was great and made me as comfortable as possible.
As always all the staff in the office are wonderful :-)!! Dr. Gockley is a caring, compassionate, attentive person and I would highly recommend her to anyone. Thank you!!!!!!
I just met her and am extremely confident she will take good care of me.
I appreciated that she gave me a chance to express what I understood about my medical situation and was patient and compassionate. She also spent time reassuring me that this was a relatively routine procedure and was also very good at explaining it all.
I was extremely impressed with Allison Gockley, her P.A., as well as the tech taking BP and height and weight. As this was an appointment for a second opinion, I found Dr. Gockley and her P.A. to be warm, caring and approachable. A far cry from the doctor I had visited with at Dana Farber. I am grateful that she has the empathy and warmth to deal ... Read More
Dr Gockley was compassionate and understanding. She explained things in a way that was easily understood and addressed both my husband and myself when speaking, which we very much appreciated.