Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States
Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, is the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and Chair of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Rathmell earned her PhD in biophysics and MD from Stanford University. She did an internship at the University of Chicago before attending the University of Pennsylvania where she completed Internal Medicine residency and Medical Oncology fellowship. She completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania, working with Dr. Celeste Simon. A physician-scientist, Rathmell’s work focuses on renal cell carcinomas. Her research has resulted in over 20 years of funding from the National Institutes of Health, and more than 200 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, including NEJM, Nature, and the JCI on topics ranging from basic cancer biology and translational research, to clinical investigations. She is a member of The Cancer Genome Atlas, winning the AACR Team Science Award in 2021, and serves on the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors and on the Forbeck Foundation Scientific Board of Directors. As a result of her contributions, Rathmell has been elected to the ASCI (serving as society president), the AAP, the ACCA, and as a fellow of the AAAS. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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