Kory Lavine, MD, PhD

Kory Lavine, MD, PhD

Cardio-oncologist

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Heart failure associated with cancer treatment

Research Interest

Heart failure, including cardiomyopathies associated with chemotherapy

Education

  • 2008: MD/PhD, Washington University, St. Louis

Training

  • 2008 - 2010: Resident, internal medicine, Washington University
  • 2010 - 2013: Fellow, cardiovascular medicine, Washington University
  • 2013 - 2014: Fellow, advanced heart failure and transplant, Washington University

Board Certification

  • 2011: American Board of Internal Medicine
  • 2015: American Board of Internal Medicine - cardiovascular disease
  • 2016: American Board of Internal Medicine - advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology

Selected Research Publications

Lymphatic disruption drives lung transplant fibrosis through interleukin-1-mediated hyaluronan accumulation.
  • Shepherd HM, Li W, Kopecky BJ, [...] Lavine KJ, [...] Kreisel D
  • Sci Transl Med 2026
DNA-damaging chemotherapy reshapes cardiac-resident macrophage composition and function.
  • He R, Kadyrov FF, Koenig AL, [...] Lavine KJ
  • Sci Immunol 2026
An unbiased proteomic platform for ATE1-based arginylation profiling.
  • Lin Z, Xie Y, Gongora J, [...] Lavine KJ, [...] Garcia BA
  • Nat Chem Biol 2025
Ischemic Injury Drives Nascent Tumor Growth Via Accelerated Hematopoietic Aging.
  • Newman AAC, Barcia Durán JG, Von Itter R, [...] Lavine KJ, [...] Moore KJ
  • JACC CardioOncol 2025
The immune checkpoint regulator CD40 potentiates myocardial inflammation.
  • Jimenez J, Amrute J, Ma P, [...] Lavine KJ
  • Nat Cardiovasc Res 2025
Differential chromatin accessibility and transcriptional dynamics define breast cancer subtypes and their lineages.
  • Iglesia MD, Jayasinghe RG, Chen S, [...] Lavine K, [...] Ding L
  • Nat Cancer 2024
Visualizing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Derived Inflammation in Atherosclerosis.
  • Lou L, Detering L, Luehmann H, [...] Lavine K, Liu Y
  • Circ Res 2024
Cardiac radiation improves ventricular function in mice and humans with cardiomyopathy.
  • Pedersen LN, Valenzuela Ripoll C, Ozcan M, [...] Lavine K, [...] Javaheri A
  • Med (N Y) 2023

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Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

    Center for Advanced Medicine at Siteman Cancer Center
    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Parkview Tower
    1 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center
    224 Euclid Ave.
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

    Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
    1 Children's Place
    St. Louis, MO 63110

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