Professional Bio
Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, FASCO, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine and is the co-director of GI Oncology and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She joined the faculty at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in 2019.
Dr. Eng's primary research interests include clinical trials involving innovative drugs for the treatment of colorectal, anal and appendiceal cancers. She has a specific interest in early onset colorectal cancer patients and has published extensively on these GI malignancies.
Nationally, Dr. Eng has served in multiple leadership roles for ASCO, ASCO GI, ECOG, SWOG and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). She is currently serving as the VICC SWOG lead investigator and is the co-chair for the NCI Gastrointestinal Steering Committee.
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Education
MD - Hahnamann Honoeopathic Medical College, 1994
Internship - Preliminary Internal Medicine - Hahnamann Honoeopathic Medical College, 1995
Residency - Diagnostic Radiology - St. Barnabas Medical Center, 1996
Internship - Internal Medicine - Rush University, 1997
Residency - Internal Medicine - Rush University, 1999
Fellowship - Hematology/Oncology - University of Chicago, 2002
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
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777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307