Penn Medicine Provider
Medical Oncology
Kara N. Maxwell, MD, PHD
5.0
(98)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Rena Rowan Breast Center

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine in Genetics

Education and training

  • Medical School: NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

98 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
smart, pleasant & down to earth
May 2025
5.0
5.0
very happy with expertise
April 2025
5.0
5.0
it is obvious that dr maxwell cares deeply about her patients
April 2025
5.0
5.0
excellent doc

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Maxwell is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Achatz MI, Villani A, Bertuch AA, Bougeard G, Chang VY, Doria AS, Gallinger B, Godley LA, Greer MC, Kamihara J, Khincha PP, Kohlmann WK, Kratz CP, MacFarland SP, Maese LD, Maxwell KN, Mitchell SG, Nakano Y, Pfister SM, Wasserman JD, Woodward ER, Garber JE, Malkin D. Update on Cancer Screening Recommendations for Individuals with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome , Clin Cancer Res, 31(10): 2025,1831-1840


Valle LF, Li J, Desai H, Hausler R, Haroldsen C, Chatwal M, Ojo M, Kelley MJ, Rebbeck TR, Rose BS, Rettig MB, Nickols NG, Garraway IP, Yamoah K, Maxwell KN Somatic Tumor Next-Generation Sequencing in US Veterans With Metastatic Prostate Cancer , JAMA Netw Open, 8(5): 2025,e259119


Spiegel SR, Orr C, Croom MJ, Edgar NU, Cahill SR, Le AN, Good M, Anson J, Feola S, Mehrhoff C, Naumer A, Vagher J, Maese LD, Garber JE, Maoz A, Katona BW, MacFarland SP, Maxwell KN Colorectal neoplasia rates in Li Fraumeni syndrome , Cancer Research: 2025


Perrino MR, Jongmans MCJ, Tomlinson GE, Greer MC, Scollon SR, Mitchell SG, Hansford JR, Schultz KAP, Kohlmann WK, Kalish JM, MacFarland SP, Das A, Maxwell KN, Pfister SM, Weksberg R, Michaeli O, Tabori U, Ney GM, Lupo PJ, Brzezinski JJ, Stewart DR, Woodward ER, Kratz CP Update on Cancer and Central Nervous System Tumor Surveillance in Pediatric NF2-, SMARCB1-, and LZTR1-Related Schwannomatosis , Clin Cancer Res, 31(8): 2025,1400-1406


Gitto SB, Pantel AR, Maxwell KN, Pryma DA, Farwell MD, Liu F, Cao Q, O'Brien SR, Clark AS, Shah PD, McDonald ES [18F]FluorThanatrace PET imaging as a biomarker of response to PARP inhibitors in breast cancer , Commun Med, 5(1): 2025,90


Narasimhamurthy M, Le A, Boruah N, Moses R, Kelly G, Bleiweiss I, Maxwell KN, Nayak A Clinicopathologic Features of Breast Tumors in Germline TP53 Variant-Associated Li-Fraumeni Syndrome , Am J Surg Pathol, 49(3): 2025,195-205


Demarest K, Anantharajah A, Maxwell KN, Rohanizadegan M, Bradbury A, Nathanson KL, McCarthy AM, Domchek SM, Nayak A, Shah PD Pathogenic Germline Variants in Patients With Metaplastic Breast Cancer , JAMA Netw Open, 8(2): 2025,e2460312


Corbett RJ, Kaufman RS, McQuaid SW, Vaksman Z, Phul S, Brown MA, Mason JL, Waszak SM, Zhang B, Zhong C, Desai H, Hausler R, Naqvi AS, Chroni A, Geng Z, Gonzalez EM, Zhu Y, Heath AP, Li M; Penn Medicine BioBank; Regeneron Genetics Center; Storm PB, Resnick AC, Maxwell KN, Cole KA, Waanders AJ, Bornhorst M, MacFarland SP, Rokita JL, Diskin SJ Germline pathogenic variation impacts somatic alterations and patient outcomes in pediatric CNS tumors , medrxiv: 2025,2025.02.04.25321499


Fernandes CJ, Du YK, Naumer A, Kagami LA, Le A, Good M, Duvall M, Powers J, Zelley K, Maese L, MacFarland S, Kohlmann W, Maxwell KN, Katona BW Pancreatic Cancer Risk and Screening Outcomes in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome , Pancreas, epub: 2025


Schultz KAP, MacFarland SP, Perrino MR, Mitchell SG, Kamihara J, Nelson AT, Mallinger PHR, Brzezinski JJ, Maxwell KN, Woodward ER, Gallinger B, Kim SY, Greer MC, Schneider KW, Scollon SR, Das A, Wasserman JD, Eng C, Malkin D, Foulkes WD, Michaeli O, Bauer AJ, Stewart DR. Update on Pediatric Surveillance Recommendations for PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome, DICER1-Related Tumor Predisposition, and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex , Clin Cancer Res, 31(2): 2025,234-244


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