- 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
Kanetsky PA, Almstrup K, Cherlin S, Cortessis VK, Ferlin A, Gietema JA, González-Neira A, Grotmol T, Hamilton RJ, Haugen TB, Kiemeney LA, Kim J, Krausz C, Lessel D, Lothe RA, Nead KT, Nsengimana J, Poynter JN, Rajpert-DeMeyts E, Richiardi L, Schwartz SM, Skotheim RI, Stewart DR, Turnbull C, Wiklund F, Zheng T, Nathanson KL, McGlynn KA; Testicular Cancer Consortium. The Testicular Cancer Consortium (TECAC): Filling Knowledge Gaps in the Genetic Etiology of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors , Andrology: 2026
Gold JI, Elkaim Y, Gold NB, Asher S, Raper A, Condit C, Bogus Z, Elysee I, Hennessy L, Kennedy E, Briere LC, Sweetser DA, Kripke C, Verma A, Salmasian H, Landry L, Nathanson KL, Kallish S, Drivas TG. Racial and socioeconomic disparities in genetic evaluation and testing in the adult patient population , Am J Hum Genet: 2025
Cocchella G, Phung L, Wood E, Egleston B, Hoffman-Andrews L, Brown S, Ofidis D, Mim R, Griffin H, Fetzer D, Owens A, Domchek S, Pyeritz R, Katona BW, Kallish S, Sirugo G, Weaver J, Nathanson KL, Rader DJ, Bradbury AR. An electronic review of clinical outcomes after return of actionable genetic research results from a health system research biobank , Eur J Med Genet, 78: 2025,105061
Kim SY, Kim J, Ramos M, Haley J, Smelser D, Rao HS, Mirshahi UL, Nathanson KL, Graubard BI, Katki HA, Carey D, Stewart DR; Geisinger-Regeneron DiscovEHR Collaboration and Penn Medicine Biobank. Genomic Ascertainment of CHEK2-Related Cancer Predisposition , JAMA Netw Open, 8(12): 2025,e2549730
Cappadocia J, Maxwell KN, Nathanson KL, Bagley S, Powers J, Halper-Stromberg E, Roth JJ, Domchek S, Shah PD Exploration of possible association of BRIP1 pathogenic variants with central nervous system cancers in an institutional cohort , J Med Genet, 62(11): 2025,720-723
Snyder GG, Clay D, Karley S, Pipito S, Mueller R, Bradbury A, Maxwell K, Nathanson KL, Rohanizadegan M, Shah P, Domchek SM, Long JM, Katona BW Assessment of barriers to pancreatic cancer surveillance in high-risk individuals , J Genet Couns, 34(5): 2025
Mahmoud MA, Ehsan S, Ginzberg SP, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Conant EF, Kontos D, Chen J, Edmonds CE, Fayanju OM, McCarthy AM Racial Differences in Screening Eligibility by Breast Density After State-Level Insurance Expansion , JAMA Netw Open, 8(8): 2025,e2525216
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 New Insights into Breast Cancer Genetics and Biology , Nature Communications (online ahead of print): 2025
Akamandisa MP, Boddicker NJ, Yadav S, Hu C, Hart SN, Ambrosone CB, Anton-Culver H, Auer PL, Bodelon C, Burnside ES, Chen F, Eliassen AH, Goldgar DE, Haiman C, Hodge JM, Huang H, John EM, Karam R, Lacey JV, Lindstroem S, Martinez ME, Na J, Neuhausen SL, O'Brien KM, Olson JE, Pal T, Palmer JR, Patel AV, Pesaran T, Polley EC, Richardson ME, Ruddy KJ, Sandler DP, Teras LR, Trentham-Dietz A, Vachon CM, Weinberg C, Winham SJ, Yao S, Zirpoli G, Kraft P, Weitzel JN, Domchek SM, Couch FJ, Nathanson KL Association of gene variant type and location with breast cancer risk in the general population , Ann Oncol, 36(8): 2025,954-963
Anbil S, Seewald NJ, Chiorean EG, Hussein M, Kasi PM, Laux DE, Schwartz GK, Shapiro GI, Lin KK, Craib M, Maloney L, McLachlan K, Tukachinsky H, Schrock AB, Wang S, Sokol ES, Decker B, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM, Reiss KA LODESTAR: A Single-Arm Phase II Study of Rucaparib in Solid Tumors With Pathogenic Germline or Somatic Variants in Homologous Recombination Repair Genes , JCO Precis Oncol, 9: 2025,e2500090