Dr. Charles Drescher is practicing gynecologic oncologist and surgeon who researches gynecological cancers through Fred Hutch’s Translational and Outcomes Research Group. He has extensive experience in collecting and processing tissues and blood specimens from ovarian cancer patients, which are banked for use in research studies. In addition, he has led efforts to discover molecular targets for ovarian cancer prognosis and therapy. As an expert in gynecological oncology, Dr. Drescher is actively involved in many ovarian cancer research organizations, including the Gynecological Oncology Group, the Puget Sound Oncology Consortium and the Pacific Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium. He is also the former medical director of the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research at Swedish Medical Center.