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About

Tom C. Badgett earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville and his doctorate in molecular biology from the University of Kentucky. He completed an internship and residency in the Department of Pediatrics at University of Louisville and Kosair Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Badgett came to Kentucky Children’s Hospital from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health where he was a pediatric hematology/oncology fellow. His research at the National Cancer Institute focused on next-generation sequencing of pediatric solid tumor genomes.

He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. In 2010 he was awarded the Scholar in Training Award by the American Association of Cancer Research, the Fellows Award for Research Excellence by the National Institutes of Health and the Best Oral Presentation at the Advances in Neuroblastoma Research conference in Stockholm, Sweden.

Faculty Rank

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Training & Education

Degree

MD, University of Louisville, School of Medicine
PhD, University of Kentucky, Lexington

Residency

University of Louisville, School of Medicine

Fellowship

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Md.

Certifications and Special Training

American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology

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