- BAP1 gene
- Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
- Carotid body tumor
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- Glomus jugulare tumor
- Hemangioblastoma (Highly vascular brain tumor)
- Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC)
- Kidney cancer
- Mesothelioma
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Paraganglioma
- Pheochromocytoma
- POT1 tumor syndrome
- SDHA gene
- SDHB gene
- SDHC gene
- SDHD gene
- Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
Katherine L. Nathanson, MD
About me
- Deputy Director, Abramson Cancer Center
- Pearl Basser Professor for BRCA-Related Research at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- Professor of Medicine in Genetics
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Spoken languages
Reviews
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Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Medical Genetics - Clinical Genetics, 2020
- American Association of Cancer Research, International
- American Association of Physicians, National
- American College of Medical Genetics, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Society for Clinical Investigation, National
- American Society for Human Genetics, National
- ClinGen Hereditary Cancer Executive Committee, National
- ClinGen Hereditary Cancer Gene Curation Expert Panel, National
- Movember GAP5 Translational Research Steering Committee (Testicular Cancer), International
- Philadelphia College of Physicians, National
- Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, National
- Basser Center for BRCA
- Penn Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
- Science Meets Community
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2018 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Abbasi AA, Lustig RA, Dorsey JF, Grady SM, Lee JYK, Kurtz GA, Shabason JE, Cengel KA, Bigelow DC, Brant JA, Ruckenstein MJ, Rassekh CH, Nathanson KL, Raper A, Huan Y, Alonso-Basanta M. Treatment Outcomes of Radiation Therapy of Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck at a Single Institution , Int J Part Ther, 21: 2026
Dalwadi S, Engelhardt NM, Muraresku CC, Keith K, Valverde KD, Nathanson KL, Falk MJ Cancer prevalence in primary mitochondrial disease patients and their families , Ther Adv Rare Dis, 7(26330040261471914): 2026
Reiss KA, Xia M, Akamandisa M, D'Andrea K, Wubbenhorst B, Lord CJ, Pettitt SJ, Tutt ANJ, Brown TJ, O'Hara MH, Schneider C, Teitelbaum U, Hannan Z, Hood R, Tondon R, Vonderheide RH, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With BRCA+ or PALB2+ Pancreatic Cancer Treated With Maintenance Rucaparib: A Secondary Analysis of a Nonrandomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Oncol, 12(6): 2026,666-670
Ping J, Jia G, Cai Q, Guo X, Wang J, Tao R, Li B, Bauer JA, Xie Y, Ambs S, Barnard ME, Chen Y, Choi JY, Gao YT, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu JJ, Iwasaki M, John EM, Kweon SS, Li CI, Matsuda K, Matsuo K, Nathanson KL, Nemesure B, Olopade OI, Pal T, Park SK, Park B, Press MF, Sanderson M, Sandler DP, Yao S, Zheng Y, Ahearn T, Brewster AM, Falusi A, Hennis AJM, Ito H, Kubo M, Lee ES, Makumbi T, Mapoko BSE, Noh DY, O'Brien KM, Ojengbede O, Olshan AF, Park MH, Reid S, Yamaji T, Zirpoli G, Butler EN, Huang M, Low SK, Obafunwa J, Weinberg CR, Zhang H, Zhao H, Ambrosone CB, Cote ML, Huo D, Haiman CA, Kang D, Palmer JR, Troester MA, Shu XO, Long J, Zheng W Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association studies uncover insights into breast cancer genetics and biology , Nat Commun, 17(1)(7025): 2026
Akamandisa MP, Xia M, Cheah W, Wubbenhorst B, D'Andrea KP, Fan M, Shilan JS, Pueschl D, Nayak A, McKenzie H, Tapper W, Copson ER, Cutress RI, Domchek SM, Eccles DM, Nathanson KL Comparative analysis of distinct genomic landscapes in young-onset gBRCA1/2 breast cancer , JCI Insight, 11(12)(e203005): 2026
Akamandisa MP, Xia M, Cheah W, Wubbenhorst B, D'Andrea KP, Fan M, Shilan JS, Pueschl D, Nayak A, McKenzie H, Tapper W, Copson ER, Cutress RI, Domchek SM, Eccles DM, Nathanson KL Comparative analysis of distinct genomic landscapes in young-onset gBRCA1/2 breast cancer , JCI Insight, 11(12)(e203005): 2026
Safonov A, Lee M, Brown DN, Boscolo Bielo L, Mehine M, Bandlamudi C, O'Leary B, Shao H, Vicente L, Muldoon D, Zhu A, Ros S, Marra A, Selenica P, Bieche I, Wubbenhorst B, Ferraro E, Courtois L, El Botty R, Ahmed M, Moiso E, An JA, Donoghue MTA, Will M, Pareja F, Nizialek E, Lukashchuk N, Sofianopoulou E, Liu Y, Huang X, Chappey C, Staniszewska AD, Ross D, Mandelker D, Ladanyi M, Schultz N, Berger MF, Scaltriti M, Reis-Filho JS, Li BT, Offit K, Norton L, Shen R, Maxwell KN, Couch F, Domchek SM, Marangoni E, Shah S, Albertella MR, Serra V, Weigelt B, Solit DB, Nathanson KL, Robson ME, Turner NC, Chandarlapaty S, Razavi P Homologous recombination deficiency and hemizygosity drive resistance in breast cancer , Nature, 652(8110): 2026,752-762
Li JL, Zhang H, Wang X, Jia G, McClellan JC, Guo W, Sun Y, Fiorica PN, Ambs S, Barnard ME, Chen Y, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu JJ, John EM, Nathanson KL, Nemesure B, Pal T, Shu XO, Press MF, Sanderson M, Sandler DP, Troester MA, Yao S, Long J, Ahearn TU, Brewster AM, Falusi A, Kraft P, Hennis AJM, Makumbi T, Mapoko BSE, O'Brien KM, Ojengbede O, Olshan AF, Reid S, Zirpoli G, Cai Q, Butler EN, Huang M, Obafunwa J, Weinberg CR, Ambrosone C, Ping J, Tao R, Li B, Guo X, Gao G, Conti DV, Chatterjee N, Palmer JR, Olopade OI, Zheng W, Haiman CA, Huo D Improved polygenic risk prediction models for breast cancer subtypes in women of African ancestry , Nat Genet, 58(3): 2026,560-569
Godbole AR, Wood E, Egleston B, Hoffman-Andrews L, Brown S, Howe S, Shastri S, Mim R, Feng J, Owens A, Domchek S, Pyeritz R, Katona BW, Kallish S, Sirugo G, Weaver J, Fleisher L, Wen KY, Elkin E, Nathanson KL, Rader DJ, Bradbury AR A randomized study of digital versus genetic counselor return of actionable genetic research results to biobank participants (RESPECT3 study) , BMC Med Ethics, 27(1)(122): 2026
Choi S, Rocca MS, Vinanzi C, Pluta J, Kuzbari Z, Loveday C, Allen S, Torr B, Weathers B, Anson-Cartwright L, Feldman DR, Gietema JA, Gonzalez-Neira A, Hamilton RJ, Krausz C, Moirano G, Nead KT, Nsengimana J, Poynter JN, Vaughn DJ, Kanetsky PA, Nathanson KL, Ferlin A, Turnbull C, Rowlands CF Association of Y-chromosomal gr/gr deletions with testicular germ cell tumor: whole-genome analysis of 198,306 individuals , medRxiv [Preprint]: 2026