Professional Bio
Sonya Reid, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and practices medicine at the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center. Her research primarily focuses on health disparities in breast cancer, young-onset breast cancer, and hereditary breast cancer. Specifically, she is investigating genomic differences that may be contributing to the racial survival disparity in breast cancer.
Dr. Reid is also focused on improving health care delivery to underserved communities and increasing the representation of minority patients in clinical trials. She is passionate about global oncology and is involved in breast cancer research in Jamaica. Dr. Reid received the Martin Luther King Jr. award in recognition of her work in diversity, inclusion, and equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Clinically, she focuses on caring for breast cancer patients with a special interest in young-onset breast cancer.
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Education
MBBS - University of the West Indies St. Augustine, 2010
Fellowship - Heme/Onc - Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2013
Residency - Internal Medicine - Meharry Medical College, 2016
Residency - Chief - Meharry Medical College, 2017
Fellowship - Clinical Fellow Heme/Onc - Vanderbilt University, 2018
Fellowship - MAGEC - Vanderbilt University, 2020
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307