Professional Bio
John Koethe, MD, MSCI, is an Associate Professor in Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Division of Infectious Diseases, and a physician-scientist pursuing clinical and translational research on the role of the immune system in the development of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. He was named Director of the Tennessee Center for AIDS Research in 2024.
He completed his medical degree at Yale University followed by a residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Koethe came to Vanderbilt as an infectious diseases fellow in 2007 and joined the faculty in 2010. He was a National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia, and he subsequently completed training in clinical research study design, methods, and biostatistics through the Vanderbilt Master of Science in Clinical Investigation Program.
He is is a board certified infectious diseases physician and the principal investigator of National Institutes of Health R01 and Veterans Affairs Merit grants to explore the role of the adipose tissue immune environment in the development of metabolic disease, and whether excess accumulation of fat in skeletal muscle promotes mitochondrial dysfunction and insulin resistance.
Dr. Koethe has a strong commitment to the career development of early career investigators in infectious diseases and metabolic research. He is the Program Director of the NHLBI-supported Vanderbilt Scholars in HIV and Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Research (V-SCHoLARS, K12), which supports 5 post-doctoral trainees for 2-3 years of mentored clinical and translational research on the intersection of HIV and HLBS conditions.
Dr. Koethe currently sees patients at the Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Health Care System Nashville campus.
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Education
MD - Yale University, 2004
MD - Yale University, 2005
Internship - and Resident Physician - Johns Hopkins University, 2007
Fellowship - Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, 2009
Fellowship - Infectious Disease - Vanderbilt University, 2010
MSCI - Vanderbilt University, 2012
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307