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Katherine Nathanson, MD, Medical Genetics, Philadelphia, PA

KatherineLNathansonMD

Medical Genetics • Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Genetics

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

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  • Office

    3400 Civic Center Blvd
    1st Floor, Suite 300 S
    Philadelphia, PA 19104
    Phone+1 215-662-4740
    Fax+1 215-614-0298

Summary

  • 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.

Education & Training

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

Certifications & Licensure

  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1996 - 2024
  • American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Clinical Genetics and Genomics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • 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
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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

Press Mentions

  • Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023
    Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023April 7th, 2023
  • Can We Intercept Cancer? A New Frontier in Cancer Research
    Can We Intercept Cancer? A New Frontier in Cancer ResearchFebruary 28th, 2023
  • Details Emerge About Why Cancers Caused by BRCA Mutations Recur
    Details Emerge About Why Cancers Caused by BRCA Mutations RecurNovember 16th, 2022
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