Verda J. Hunter

Background

Hunter, Verda J. was born on October 22, 1954 in Joliet, Illinois, United States.

Education

Student, Lewis U., 1972-1974; Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Iowa, 1976; Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois, 1982.

Career

Intern, Mercy Hospital, Chicago, 1982; Ob-Gyn. residency, The Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, 1982-1986; gynecologic oncology fellow, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1986-1989; assistant professor, U. Kansas, Kansas City, 1989-1992; associate professor, director division of gyn-oncology, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1992-1995; director gyn-oncology, Oncology-Hematology Associations, Kansas City, since 1996. Staff nurse Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1976-1977, Critical Care Nurses, Chicago, 1977-1978. Board directors Kansas City Gynecological Society, 1993-1996.

Representative Missouri Section District VII American College of Observatory and Gynecology, since 1993, committee for underserved woman, since 1996. Member protocol committee Gynecologic Surgical Group, 1993-1997, ASCCP program committee, since 1994. ASCCP liaison, education and nominating committee, 1996-1998.

Achievements

• Verda J. Hunter has been listed as a noteworthy Gynecologic oncologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Surgeons, American College of Observatory and Gynecology. Member AWMA, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, Association of professors of Gynecology and Observatory, Kermit E. Krantz Society, F. Bayard Carter Society, Sigma Theta Tau.