Dr. Lengyel is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic malignancies. His primary clinical focus is on the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer, including advanced surgical techniques designed to improve patient outcomes by removing as much tumor as possible. Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all gynecologic tumors and is the 5th leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women. It is often diagnosed at a late stage, when tumor cells have already spread to other areas of the body (metastasis). Dr. Lengyel leads a translational research laboratory focused on understanding the biology of ovarian cancer metastasis and developing and testing new treatments for ovarian cancer.

Dr. Lengyel graduated from Ludwig-Maxmilians University in Germany, did his residency at the University of Munich and a clinical fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of California/San Francisco and Stanford.