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Vanderbilt appoints radiation oncology chair
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Lisa Kachnic, MD, has been appointed professor and chair of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s department of radiation oncology.
She will join the Vanderbilt faculty on Sept. 21.
“Dr. Kachnic comes to Vanderbilt as a nationally recognized clinician, researcher and educator,” Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said in a press release. “Lisa brings a very strong research portfolio, a major national leadership profile and a superb history of mentoring junior faculty.”
Kachnic, a fellow of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, previously served as chair of radiation oncology and associate director of multidisciplinary cancer research at Boston University School of Medicine, as well as chief of radiation oncology at Boston Medical Center.
Her primary areas of clinical interest are gastrointestinal malignancies, image-guided radiation delivery, and outcomes and symptoms management research.
“One of my incentives for joining Vanderbilt is the wonderful opportunity that exists here for both clinical and translational cancer research,” Kachnic said in the press release. “With a renowned cancer center, the Radiation Oncology Department will be in the fortunate position of being able to perform multidisciplinary cutting-edge research that can directly benefit our patients.”