Karen M Winkfield, MD, PhD

Professor of Radiation Oncology
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance

Dr. Karen Winkfield is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, and Professor of Medicine at Meharry Medical College. She is the Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, a strategic partnership between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Prior to joining Vanderbilt, she was an associate professor of Radiation Oncology at Wake Forest University. Dr. Winkfield completed her residency training at Harvard and was a radiation oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center prior to joining Wake Forest.

She specializes in the treatment of hematologic malignancies (lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, bone marrow transplantation) and breast cancer.

Honors/Awards

  • Patient Advocate Award, Cancer Services, Winston Salem, 2020
  • Health Hero Award for Advocacy, 2018
  • The Duke Medical Alumni Association Emerging Leader Award, 2017
  • Women Leaning the Way to Wellness Award, American Cancer Society, 2015
  • The One Hundred Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2014

Education

  • Residency, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program
  • M.D., Duke University, Medicine
  • Ph.D., Duke University, Pathology
  • B.S., Binghamton University, Biochemistry

Research

Research publications can be found using PubMed