Professional Bio
Kathryn Beckermann, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is a GU medical oncologist specialized in treating kidney, bladder, prostate, and testicular cancer. The goal of her research is to care for patients with kidney cancer by advancing novel therapeutics through clinical trials and identifying predictive biomarker of response to improve patient selection and reduce both clinical and financial toxicity.
As a clinical researcher Dr. Beckermann has focused on kidney cancer, inspired by the dramatic responses with immunotherapy agents targeting T cells to harvest the power of the immune system and fight cancer. She aspires to take excellent care of patients forced to deal with the horrific diagnosis of cancer by asking the "why" questions that will advance our understanding and improve their therapy.
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Education
PhD - Vanderbilt University, 2010
MD - Vanderbilt University, 2012
Fellowship - Heme/Onc - Vanderbilt University, 2017
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307