Dr. Wendy Kimryn Rathmell MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
3601 THE VANDERBILT CLINIC NASHVILLE TN, 37232Rating
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About
Dr. Wendy Rathmell is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Rathmell specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Loss of pVHL is sufficient to cause HIF dysregulation in primary cells but does not promote tumor growth.
- HIF transcription factor expression and induction of hypoxic response genes in a retroperitoneal angiosarcoma.
- Phase II trial of 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in combination with interferon-alpha and interleukin-2 for advanced renal cell cancer.
- In vitro and in vivo models analyzing von Hippel-Lindau disease-specific mutations.
- VHL: oxygen sensing and vasculogenesis.
- Renal cell carcinoma.
- Biological aspects and binding strategies of vascular endothelial growth factor in renal cell carcinoma.
- Phase II trial of sorafenib plus interferon alfa-2b as first- or second-line therapy in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer.
- von Hippel-Lindau mutation in mice recapitulates Chuvash polycythemia via hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha signaling and splenic erythropoiesis.
- VHL inactivation in renal cell carcinoma: implications for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
- Renal cell carcinoma.
- Preoperative tyrosine kinase inhibition as an adjunct to debulking nephrectomy.
- VHL type 2B mutations retain VBC complex form and function.
- VHL gene mutations in renal cell carcinoma: role as a biomarker of disease outcome and drug efficacy.
- VHL Type 2B gene mutation moderates HIF dosage in vitro and in vivo.
Internships
- University of Chicago
Fellowships
- University of Pennsylvania
Professional Society Memberships
- American Association for Cancer Research, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, The American Society for Clinical Investigation
Articles and Publications
What do you attribute your success to?
- Having good mentors and to the work ethic with which she was raised.
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2000 CHURCH ST NASHVILLE TN 37236