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Karen Reckamp

Professor

Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0002-9213-0325
  • Professor
    Medicine
  • Director, Division of Medical Oncology
    Medicine
  • Medical Oncology Director, Lung Institute
    Medicine
  • Associate Director, Clinical Research
    Cancer Institute
  • (310) 423-7197 (Work)
  • (310) 423-8552 (Fax)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Cancer, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, United States

BIO

Dr. Reckamp is a Professor in Medicine, Director of the Division of Medical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She received a masters degree in Clinical Investigation from the department of Biomathematics at UCLA. Due to her leadership abilities and formal training in clinical research, she has been appointed to serve as the Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute (SOCCI). She will assure the alignment of clinical research and the allocation of resources with the mission and values of Cedars-Sinai SOCCI and the institution. Dr. Reckamp's research focus is the development of novel therapies and biomarkers for lung cancer with an emphasis on targeted therapies. She is established as a leader in clinical investigation, performing hypothesis-driven translational research in thoracic oncology. Dr. Reckamp lead collaborations with researchers across disciplines, programs and institutions. She works with lung cancer researchers across the country as a part of the Lung Cancer SPORE program to lead multi-institutional trials to evaluate targeted therapy in thoracic oncology. She has developed and led clinical trials as PI in our NCI-funded U01 Phase I and N01 Phase II Consortiums. Dr. Reckamp is an active member of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and the Lung Cancer Committee. She also represented City of Hope on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines Committee to shape treatment guidelines in thoracic malignancies from 2008 until 2020. These multi-institutional experiences provide interactions with experts across various fields of study in the basic biomedical sciences, pharmacology, biostatistics, informatics and clinical research and are invaluable to move genomic data into clinical practice. She has successfully collaborated with colleagues, in translational research in thoracic oncology. She served as mentor to junior faculty within her institution and others outside her institution.

CURRENT CEDARS-SINAI APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Medicine1 Jul 2021 - present
  • Director, Division of Medical Oncology
    Cedars-Sinai, Medicine1 Jan 2020 - present
  • Medical Oncology Director, Lung Institute
    Cedars-Sinai, Medicine1 Jan 2020 - present
  • Associate Director, Clinical Research
    Cedars-Sinai, Cancer Institute13 Jan 2020 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor of Medicine
    City of Hope and Beckman Research Institute, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, United States2018 - 2020
  • Associate Professor of Medicine
    City of Hope and Beckman Research Institute, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, United States2011 - 2018
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
    City of Hope and Beckman Research Institute, Departments of Hematology and Medical Oncology, United States2007 - 2011
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Los Angeles, CA, United States2005 - 2007
  • Clinical Instructor
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Los Angeles, United States2004 - 2005

DEGREES

  • B.S.
    University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, Illinois, United States1994
  • Medical School
    University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States1998
  • Internship
    Barnes-Jewish Hospital (Internal Medicine), St. Louis, Missouri, United States1998 - 1999
  • Residency (Internal Medicine)
    Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, United States1999 - 2001
  • Fellowship (Hematology/Oncology)
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States2001 - 2004
  • M.S. Clinical Research
    University of California, Los Angeles, Department of BioMathematics, Specialized Training in Advanced Research (STAR) Program, Los Angeles, United States2005

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine-Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine2001 - present
  • Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine-Hematology
    American Board of Internal Medicine2004 - present
  • Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine-Oncology
    American Board of Internal Medicine2004 - present
  • Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine-Oncology
    American Board of Internal Medicine2014 - present
  • Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine-Oncology
    American Board of Internal Medicine, United States2024 - present

LANGUAGES

  • English

TAGS

  • Oncology and carcinogenesis
  • Clinical sciences
  • Health services and systems
  • Immunology
  • Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
  • Division of Medical Oncology
  • Hematology & Oncology Fellowship
  • Women's Guild Lung Institute
  • Cancer Therapeutics Program
  • Cancer therapy (excl. chemotherapy and radiation therapy)