Kathryn Beckermann MD, PhD

Kathryn Eby 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 specializing 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 biomarkers 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.