Dr. Eric L. Jenison, MD

Expert Publications

• Functioning liver metastases on an I-131 whole-body scan: a case of malignant struma ovarii.
• Primary fallopian tube carcinoma with isolated torsion of involved tube.
• Hemolytic anemia and benign pelvic tumors. A case report.
• A comparison of complementary and alternative medicine use by gynecology and gynecologic oncology patients.
• Complementary and alternative medicine use in the Amish.
• Effect of method of administration on longitudinal assessment of quality of life in gynecologic cancer: an exploratory study.
• The impact of obesity and age on quality of life in gynecologic surgery.
• Body weight and composition changes in ovarian cancer patients during adjuvant chemotherapy.
• Surgical treatments for vulvar and vaginal dysplasia: a randomized controlled
• Baseline characteristics influencing quality of life in women undergoing gynecologic oncology surgery.
• A rare case of carcinosarcoma of the fallopian tube presenting with torsion, rupture and hemoperitoneum.
• Ovarian clear cell carcinoma. A clinicopathologic analysis of 44 cases.
• Ovarian malignant mixed mesodermal tumor response to cis-diamminedichloroplatinum.
• Adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix: prognostic factors and patterns of recurrence.
• Adenocarcinoid tumor of appendix presenting as unilateral Krukenberg tumor.

Media Releases

Get to know Eric L. Jenison, who serves patients throughout the State of Ohio.

Dr. Jenison is a highly trained gynecologic oncologist serving the community of Ohio at Mercy Health Gynecologic Oncology, with offices in the Toledo and Perrysburg areas. His passion is to provide women gynecologic oncology care with robotic surgery and minimally invasive surgery to help treat their cancers.

Mercy Health offers high-quality cancer care in all of our Ohio and Kentucky regions. From mammograms and genetic risk testing to radiation therapy, chemotherapy and surgical removal, their doctors, surgeons and specialists have years of cancer experience, and work together to provide the best care for their patients.

Educated in the United States, Dr. Jenison graduated with his medical degree from the University of Toledo Medical Center in 1974. He went on to complete his internship and two consecutive residencies in obstetrics and gynecology at Akron General Medical Center in 1976 and 1980, respectively, followed by a residency in general surgery at the St. Thomas Hospital in 1981. Later, he completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 1983.

Subsequent to his education, the doctor is board-certified in gynecologic oncology and obstetrics & gynecology through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). The mission of the ABOG is to define specialty standards, certify obstetricians and gynecologists, and facilitate continuous learning to advance knowledge, practice, and professionalism in women’s health.

Gynecologic oncology is a specialized field of medicine that focuses on cancers of the female reproductive system, including ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer. A gynecologic oncologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating cancers that are located on a woman’s reproductive organs.

As a testament to his success, Dr. Jenison has been the recipient of the Patients’ Choice Award (2018), and Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2014).

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