Kimryn Rathmell | |
|---|---|
 Rathmell in 2023 | |
| 17th Director of the National Cancer Institute | |
| Assumed office December 18, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Monica Bertagnolli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wendy Kimryn Meyer November 3, 1969 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Spouse | Jeffrey Rathmell |
| Education | University of Northern Iowa (BA, BS) Stanford University (PhD, MD) Vanderbilt University (MS) |
W. Kimryn Rathmell (born November 3, 1969) is an American physician-scientist whose work focuses on the research and treatment of patients with kidney cancers. She is the 17th Director of the National Cancer Institute, having previously served as the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and Physician-in-Chief for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] On November 17, 2023, Rathmell was nominated by President Biden as the next Director of the National Cancer Institute[2] and she assumed office on December 18, 2023.
- ^ "Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD | Department of Medicine". medicine.vumc.org. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ "President Biden Intends to Appoint Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell as Director of the National Cancer Institute". 17 November 2023.
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