St. Francis-Emory Healthcare today announced it will discontinue Gynecologic-Oncology (Gyn-Onc) services, effective January 2022. Going forward, St. Francis-Emory will focus on core Women’s Health services: OB/GYN, Labor & Delivery,Mammography and Breast Surgery.

“As we assessed how to best meet the healthcare needs of our communities, we had to make the difficult decision to adjust certain specialty services and discontinue gynecologic-oncology services at St. Francis-Emory Healthcare,” said Melody Trimble, CEO of St. Francis-Emory Healthcare. “We intend to focus on and expand core women’s health services and continue to strive to be the healthcare provider of choice for women of Columbus and surrounding communities.”

To meet the community’s growing women’s health needs, St. Francis-Emory Healthcare has hired more physicians including a second breast surgeon and four OB/GYNs. Additionally, we have invested in 3-D mammography technology and relocated and expanded the OB/GYN River Road Practice, demonstrating a commitment to core Women’s Health services.

We will continue to focus on and invest in these vital core women’s services moving forward.

Over the next few months, St. Francis-Emory Healthcare will work to seamlessly transition patients impacted by this change to another location or other care provider of their choice, and work to transition staff impacted by this change to current open positions at its hospitals and clinics.