About Robert Kratzke
Dr. Robert Kratzke is a highly accomplished medical oncologist and researcher with a focus on mesothelioma and lung cancer. He graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1983 and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in 1986.
He then did research at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin Madison and was a Medical Oncology Fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health from 1988 to 1991. He also served as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD from 1993 to 1994. He has been working at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in the Section of Hematology/Oncology since 1994.
Dr. Kratzke is a member of the Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Program at the Masonic Cancer Center and holds the John Skoglund Chair for Lung Cancer Research at the University of Minnesota. His current research interests include oncolytic virotherapy and targeting cap-mediated translation for lung cancer or mesothelioma therapy.
He also holds leadership roles in the Alliance for Cancer Clinical Trials, overseeing thoracic oncology correlative science projects and serving as Vice-chair of the Respiratory Committee for this NIH-sponsored organization. Throughout his career, he has mentored numerous fellows and trainees in the study of mesothelioma and lung cancer. He is located at University of Minnesota Medical School 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.