Keynote Speaker
Catherine M. Lynch, MD, FACOG
Associate Vice President for Women's Health, USF Health; Associate Dean for Faculty Development, USF College of Medicine; and Professor, General Obstetrics and Gynecology, USF Morsani College of Medicine University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Catherine M. Lynch, MD, FACOG is the Associate Vice President of Women’s Health, Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of South Florida.
Dr. Lynch oversees the effort to coordinate Women’s health care, education, and research across department specialties at each of the USF Health colleges, which are the Morsani College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and the College of Public Health, to transform USF Health into a multi-disciplinary hub for Women’s Health research, education, and clinical care. Dr. Lynch also develops programs and opportunities to assist women faculty members in the advancement of their talents and careers.
Dr. Lynch completed her undergraduate degree in biology at Georgetown University in 1986. She then returned to her home state of Florida to earn her doctorate of medicine from the University of South Florida in 1990. Dr. Lynch completed her residency and post-graduate work at USF in obstetrics and gynecology and is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Dr. Lynch’s clinical focus of interest is general obstetrics and gynecology, contraceptive and hormonal therapy, and urogynecology pelvic reconstruction. Dr. Lynch’s expertise in her specialty has given her the singular opportunity to consult and work with non-human primates at Busch Gardens Tampa on a number of occasions, including a C-section delivery necessitated by complications of pregnancy in 2005 of the first baby gorilla in the park’s then 46-year history.
Dr. Lynch is married to City of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, and they have two children.
