KatherineLNathansonMD

Clinical Genetics

Pearl Basser Professor of BRCA-Related Research, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

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3400 Civic Center Blvd
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Dr. Katherine Nathanson is a medical geneticist in Philadelphia, PA and is affiliated with Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She received her medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 24 years. She specializes in clinical genetics and is experienced in testicular neoplasms, cancer genetics, and pheochromocytoma. She has more than 350 publications.

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaResidency, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 1996 - 1999
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1993

Elected Member American Association of Physicians, 2015
Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2009
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PubMed

Identification of genes associated with testicular germ cell tumor susceptibility through a transcriptome-wide association study.
Emilio Ugalde-Morales, Rona Wilf, John Pluta, Alexander Ploner, Mengyao Fan
American Journal of Human Genetics. 2025-03-06
Pathogenic Germline Variants in Patients With Metaplastic Breast Cancer.
Kaitlin Demarest, Arravinth Anantharajah, Kara N Maxwell, Mersedeh Rohanizadegan, Angela Bradbury
JAMA Network Open. 2025-02-03
Hormonal Contraception and Breast Cancer Risk for Carriers of Germline Mutations inand.
Kelly-Anne Phillips, Joanne Kotsopoulos, Susan M Domchek, Mary Beth Terry, James A Chamberlain
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

Muscle Oxidative Phosphorylation Quantitation Using Creatine Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CrCEST) MRI in Mitochondrial Disorders
Ravinder Reddy, Marni J Falk, Marc Yudkoff, Katherine L Nathanson, Shana E McCormack, The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Functional Mechanisms Underlying Pleiotropic Risk Alleles at the 19p13.1 Breast–Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Locus
Susan M Domchek, Beth Y Karlan, Katherine L Nathanson, Kenneth Offit, Banu K Arun, Andrew Berchuck, Patricia A Ganz, Douglas A Levine, Nature

Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023April 7th, 2023
Can We Intercept Cancer? A New Frontier in Cancer ResearchFebruary 28th, 2023
Details Emerge About Why Cancers Caused by BRCA Mutations RecurNovember 16th, 2022
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Using Behavioral Economics and Implementation Science to Advance the Use of Genomic Medicine Utilizing an EHR Infrastructure across a Diverse Health SystemUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2022–2027
Using Behavioral Economics and Implementation Science to Advance the Use of Genomic Medicine Utilizing an EHR Infrastructure across a Diverse Health SystemUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2022–2027
Postdoctoral Training Program in Genomic MedicineUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2017–2027
Randomized trial of universal vs. guideline-directed germline testing among young adults with cancerUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2019–2025
Randomized trial of universal vs. guideline-directed germline testing among young adults with cancerUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2019–2025
Post genome wide association studies in testicular germ cell tumorsUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA2012–2025