Professor of Medicine/Sarcoma Medical Oncology
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Gina D’Amato, M.D. is the Medical Director of the Comprehensive Treatment Unit,
Assistant Director of Clinical Research, Sarcoma Medical Oncologist, and Professor of Clinical
Medicine at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in the Leonard M. Miller School of
Medicine at the University of Miami. Dr. D’Amato received her undergraduate degree in biology
from the University of Miami and her M.D. from the University of Miami School of Medicine.
She completed her internal medicine residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital at the University of
Miami.
In 2003, during her last year of a hematology/oncology fellowship at the Moffitt Cancer Center
in Tampa, FL, Dr. D’Amato began to focus on sarcomas. Her mentors were world-renowned
sarcoma experts from the leading sarcoma centers, including Dr. Trent, who was early in his
career but already extremely successful. In addition to her clinical service, Dr. D’Amato
continues to be extensively involved in Phase 1, 2, and 3 clinical trials on sarcomas sponsored by
the National Cancer Institute and industry partners.
A committed educator, Dr. D’Amato is Co-Director of the Oncology Pathway and a Pathology/Oncology
integrative science selective in a newly implemented educational curriculum for the Miller School of Medicine.
She is also the Medical Director for Sylvester patient education and nurse practitioner oncology programs and
the Administrator of the Horowitz Solitary Fibrous Tumor Initiative Fund.
Dr. D’Amato is the author or co-author of more than 25 peer-reviewed academic publications on
medical oncology and sarcoma and connective tissue medical oncology and serves as a reviewer
for multiple academic journals. Dr. D’Amato has also received multiple research grant awards from the National Institutes of Health,
including a prestigious Career Development Award from 2002-2005. Dr. D’Amato is board-certified in Internal Medicine
and Medical Oncology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.