Ashley Moon, M.D. is fellowship trained in gynecologic oncology. Dr. Moon graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Her undergraduate honors thesis at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, focused on strategies for determining the structures of DNA-protein complexes using X-ray crystallography. After graduation, Dr. Moon served with the AmeriCorps VISTA in her hometown of New York City before returning to France to teach with the National Ministry of Education. Continuing her interests in global medicine, Dr. Moon was awarded a Sir Keith Murdoch research fellowship grant to evaluate thermostability of the HPV vaccine on transdermal patches at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

Dr. Moon earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School. She then completed residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Danbury Hospital, where she served as Administrative Chief Resident. Dr. Moon subsequently completed further surgical subspecialty training in the Gynecologic Oncology fellowship program at Stanford University.

Dr. Moon’s research interests include optimizing postoperative outcomes and identifying biomarkers for tumor recurrence and response to therapy. She has authored several peer-reviewed publications, presented at national conferences and been awarded for her research at local symposiums.

In her free time, she enjoys cooking, mountain hiking and visiting the National Parks with her husband.