CURRICULUM VITAE
Kerri Becktell MD
Kerri Becktell MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatrics Hematology Oncology Blood and Marrow Transplant
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatrics Hematology Oncology Blood and Marrow Transplant
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
999 N. 92nd Street |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
09/2005 - 05/2009 Biomedical Sciences, BS, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI |
08/2009 - 05/2013 MD, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI |
09/2017 - 05/2019 Clinical and Translational Science, MS, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
10/2022 - 02/2023 Intensive Course for Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment, City of Hope, Duarte, CA |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2013 - 06/2016 Residency, Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL |
07/2016 - 06/2019 Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2019 - Present Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2019 - Present Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
General Pediatrics | 10/20/2016 | 10/20/2016 |
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | 04/2021 | |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
Michigan Medical License | 4301113454 | 01/31/2021 | |
Wisconsin Medical License | 65145-20 | 10/31/2019 | |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
05/2011 Amir Alborazy Khaghany Memorial Scholarship award for recognition of compassion and dedication to chosen specialty, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine |
05/2013 Best Medical Student Oral Presentation Award, Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Science Research Day, Kalamazoo, MI |
2017 Career Development Award Recipient , Childhood Cancer Survivor Study |
07/2018 - 06/2019 Chief Fellow, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2016 - Present American Society of Clinical Oncology (Member ) |
2016 - Present Children's Oncology Group (Member) |
2016 - Present American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (Member ) |
2019 - Present ASPHO Cancer Predisposition Special Interest (Member) |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2019 - Present Co-Director, Oncofertility Program, Children’s Wisconsin |
2019 - Present Director, Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Program, Children’s Wisconsin |
2020 - Present Director, Pediatric Oncology/BMT Tumor Board Educational Series, Children’s Wisconsin |
2023 - Present Director, Solid Tumor Oncology Team |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2018 - Present Member, , International Guideline Harmonization Group for Late Effects of Childhood Cancer: Nephrotoxicity Surveillance Harmonization Group |
2023 - Present Vice Chair, Cancer Predisposition Special Interest Group, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology |
2024 - Present Elected Chair, Cancer Predisposition Special Interest Group, American Society of Hematology/Oncology |
INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2018 - Present Member, International Guideline Harmonization Group for Late Effects of Childhood Cancer, Nephrotoxicity Surveillance Harmonization Group |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
International |
Invited Contributor: Becktell,K., Childhood Cancer Predisposition and Surveillance International Workshop: Optimizing Pediatric Surveillance and Care through Prevision Genetics, sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research, 07/2023 |
National |
Parsons, L, Hopp A, Becktell K. Moe D, Vo J, Plunk M., Maximizing Specimen Adequency and Reducing Interdeterminate Diagnoses in Pediatric Thyroid Nodule Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy, American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting,, Washington DC, 09/2023 |
Robbins K, Tomlinson K, Nichols J, Schmidt D, Phelan R, Becktell K., Patient and Family Experience with an Interprofessional Fertility Navigation Program, 15th Annual Conference of The Oncofertility Consortium, Pittsburgh PA, 11/2023 - Present |
MacFarland, S. Becktell, K (moderator), Gut Check: Pediatric Gastrointestinal Polyposis and Cancer Risk, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 04/2024 |
Becktell, K., Survivor Voices: Living with Cardiac Late Effects and Unmet Needs, 2nd International Pediatric Cardio-Oncology Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 11/2024 |
JAK2 V617E Mutation+ Essential Thrombocythemia with Acquired Von Willebrand Disease in an 8 year old, Becktell, K, Brandow, A. Poster Presentation, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2019. |
Developmental Differences in Health Related Quality of Life in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Becktell, K, Simpson, P, Schmidt, D, Anderson, L, Nichols, J, Phelan, R, Bingen, K. Poster presentation at the North American Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer, Atlanta, GA, June 2019. |
Familial Wilms tumor secondary to germline REST variant, Chao K, Schwartz C, Becktell K. Poster Presentation, Accepted at American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, Fort Worth TX, May 2020 (virtual due to Covid) |
Fertility Preservation in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplant for Malignant and Non-Malignant Disease: Opportunities for improvement, Dietrich, P, Chartier, A, Lambert D, Phelan R, Dobrozsi S, Becktell K, Tomlinson K, Sandlow J, Ellison J. Podium Presentation. NCS of the American Urologic Association annual meeting. Oct 2020 |
Long-Term Follow-up of Survivors of Childhood Osteosarcoma: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), Becktell K, Chen Y, Uasui Y, Phelan R, et al. Poster Presentation, 53rd Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), virtual meeting October 2021. |
A Paradigm Shift: Redefining Success of Fertility Counseling in Male Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Patients, Tomlinson, K, Robbins, K..Becktell, K, Poster Presentation, 14th Annual Conference of Oncofertility Consortium, Pittsburgh PA, May 2022. |
Investigation the Need for a Multidisciplinary Cancer Predisposition Clinic, Becktell, K, Schwartz, CS. Poster Presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore MD, April 2019 |
Monotherapy Treatment with Cytarabine for ALK-positive Histiocytosis in an infant, Chao K, Becktell K, Suchi M, Phelan R. Poster Presentation, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. May 4, 2018 |
Resolution of Diffuse Leptomeningeal Enhancement after Primary Resection of Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor, Becktell, K, Foy A, Kelly T, Deshmukh T, Knipstein J. Poster Presentation, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. May 4, 2018 |
Epigenetic Therapy in a Patient with Down Syndrome and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Becktell K, Houser K, Burke MJ. Poster Presentation, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. April 28, 2017 |
Anxiety Related Outcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors, Becktell K, Rademaker A, Victorson R, Reichek J. Poster Presentation, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. April 28, 2017. |
Ideal Age to Begin Screening for Pheochromocytomas in von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome, Becktell, K, Liberio N, Lal D. Poster Presentation, Children's Oncology Group Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, Sept 2022. |
Regional |
Investigation the Need for a Multidisciplinary Cancer Predisposition Clinic, Becktell, K, Schwartz, CS. Poster Presentation, Best Practices Conference Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, March 1, 2019 |
Local |
A review of Solid Tumor Oncology for Pediatric Board Review, Pediatric Residency Noon Conference Series, 03/27/2018 |
Oncology Emergencies for the Pediatric ICU Fellow, Pediatric ICU Fellow Board Review Series, 11/25/2020 |
Solid Tumors in Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Fellow Board Review Series, 02/2021 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Slusar K, Linneman N, Ott A, Linn S, Felske K, Becktell K, Successful Development of a Multidisciplinary Cancer Predisposition Clinic, American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 04/2024 |
Hovel L, Tomlinson K, Phelan R, Morin J, Robbins K, Nichols J. Schmidt D, Becktell K, Trends in Oncofertility Consultation Following Implementation of a Fertility Navigation Program: A Single Center Experience, Annual Conference of the Oncofertility Consortium, Detroit, MI, 11/2024 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
2019 - Present Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2019 - Present Clinical Competency Committee, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2023 - Present Intern Interview Committee, Pediatric Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2024 - Present Elected Member, Faculty Career Development Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
2022 - Present Problem Based Learning, Small group leader, M2 Leukemia based discussion |
2022 - Present M1 Apprenticeship Facilitator |
2023 - Present Research Judge, Medical Student Research Day 2023 |
Molecules to Cells – Case Based Discussion Leader |
Pediatric Clerkship, H&P Reviewer for M3 students |
Resident and Fellow Education |
2018 - Present Pediatric Resident oncology lecture series lecturer |
2019 - Present Pediatric Fellow Hematology/Oncology/BMT Board Review Series lecturer |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Clinical/Research Fellows |
2023 - Present Ryan Guerrettaz, Member, Scholarship Oversight Committee |
Residents |
2023 - Present Emily Nylen, Resident Intern Advisor |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Clinical Programs |
2019 - Present Cancer Predisposition Program, Children’s Wisconsin |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
03/2008 - 07/2013 Wish Granter, Make A Wish Foundation of Michigan |
06/2008 - 07/2016 Volunteer Camp Counselor, Camp Catch A Rainbow, Oncology Summer Camp |
07/2016 - Present Medical Volunteer, Camp One Step, Oncology Summer Camp |
08/2017 - Present Medical Volunteer, Camp Catch A Rainbow, Oncology Summer Camp |
10/2024 - 10/2027 Board Member, Make a Wish Foundation of Wisconsin, 3 year term |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
2020 - Present Co-Investigator/Lecturer, Student-Center Pipeline to Advance Research in Clinical Care (SPARCC), Funded through the NIH (R25CA221715) |
2024 - Present Invited Webinar Facilitator: ASPHO Cancer Predisposition SIG Educational Webinar: “Psychology Integration in a Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Clinic: Facilitators, Barriers, and Next Steps to Get Patients Care”, March 19th, 2024 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Badaway, S, Becktell, K, Muller, W and Schneiderman, “Aspergillus thyroiditis: first antemortem case diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration culture in a pediatric stem cell transplant patient” J. Transpl Infect Dis. 2016. Dec 17 (6): 868-71 |
2. Becktell K, Houser K, Burke MJ. “Epigenetic Therapy in a Patient with Down Syndrome and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia” J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018. April 17. |
3. Ehrhardt,M, Chen Y, Sandlund J, Bluhm E, Hayashi R, Becktell K, Leisenring W, Metzger M, Ness K, Krull K, Oeffinger K, Gibson T,Cairo M, Gross T, Robison L, Armstrong G, Yasui Y, Hudson M and Mulrooney D. “Late health outcomes following contemporary Lymphome Malin de Burkitt therapy for B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study” J Clin Oncol. 2019 Oct 1;37(28):2556-2570. |
4. Becktell, K, Simpson, P, Schmidt, D, Anderson, L, Nichols, J, Phelan, R, Bingen, K. Developmental Differences in Health Related Quality of Life in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors. Qual Life Res. 2020 Apr 22. |
5. Kooijmans E, Mulder R, Marks S..Becktell K, Gronoos M,..Ehrhardt M. “Nephrotoxicity surveillance for childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors: evidence-based recommendations from the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group”. The Lancet Oncology. Submitted/Under Review. |
6. Becktell, K, Chen, Y, Yasui, Y, Phelan, R, Armstrong, G, Link, M, Oeffinger,K, Synder, C, Daw, N, Weil, B, Weldon, C, Chow, E, Schwartz, C. “Long-Term Outcomes Among Survivors of Childhood Osteosarcoma: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study”, Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Jul 15:e31189. [Epud ahead of print] |
7. MacFarland S, Becktell, K, Schneider , K, Kuper, R, Lesmana H, Meade, J, Nichols, K,…Plon, S. “Pediatric cancer screening in hereditary gastrointestinal cancer risk syndromes: An update from the AACR Childhood Cancer Predisposition Working Group”. Clin Cancer Res OF1-OF6, August 2024, https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-0953 |
8. Brzezinki, J, Becktell, K, Gouegeard-Denoyelle, G, Broudeur, G, Diller, L, Doria A,…Kalish, J. “Surveillance in emerging Wilms tumor predisposition syndromes – An update from the 2023 AACR Childhood Cancer Predisposition Workshop”. Clin Cancer Res June 2024, In Press* |
9. Reiter, A, Huang, L, Craig, B, Davidoff, A, Talbot, L…Becktell, K, ..Tracy, E, Moya-Mendez,M, Lautz, T. “Survival Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma Who Achieve a Rapid Complete Response of Pulmonary Metastases” Pediatr Blood Cancer, 2024 Jul;71(7):e31026. |
10. Kalish J, Becktell, K, Gouegeard-Denoyelle, G, Broudeur, G, Diller, L, Doria A,…Brzezinski, J. “Surveillance for Wilms tumor and hepatoblastoma in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and other predisposition syndromes – An update from the 2023 AACR Childhood Cancer Predisposition Workshop”. Clin Cancer Res June 2024, In Press* |
11. Schmeling, K, Schuh, J, Lal, D, Becktell, K. “Early Screening and Identification of an Asymptomatic Pheochromocytoma in a child with Von-Hippel Lindau: a case report”. Case Rep Oncol, September 2024, In Press. |
12. White, J, Becktell, K¸Hopp, A, Liberio, N, Liu, Y, Hadjev, J. “Spindle cell neoplasm with a novel MN1::TAF3 fusion: A rare case in a toddler”. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. September 2024, In Press. |
13. Becktell,K, Rumler, S, Tower, R. “Successfully Development and Implementation of Communication Skills Simulation Training withing Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Education”. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. October 2024, In Press. |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Taraseviciute, A*, Broglie, L*, Phelan R, Bhatt, N, Becktell, K, Burke MJ. “In the Age of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy what is the Role of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)?”. J Pediatr Hematol (accepted pending revisions) |
2. Becktell, K, Berlyne, D, Pagliuca, S, Pierri F, Pommert, L, Prata P, Margolis, D, Reffault de Latour, R, Dufour, C, Pierri, F. “Aplastic Anemia & MDS International (AA&MDSIF): Bone Marrow Failure Disease Scientific Symposium 2018”. Leuk Res 2019 Mar 20:80:19-25 |
3. Phelan R, Eissa H, Becktell K, Bhatt N, Kudek M, Nuechterlein B, Pommert L, Tanaka R, Baker KS. “Upfront Therapies and Downstream Effects: Navigating Late Effects in Childhood Cancer Survivors in the Current Era”. Current Oncology Reports. Submitted for review Sept 2019 |
Abstracts |
1. Becktell K, Rademaker A, Victorson R, Reichek J. Anxiety Related Outcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. April 28,2017 |
2. Becktell K, Houser K, Burke MJ. Epigenetic Therapy in a Patient with Down Syndrome and Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. April 28,2017 |
3. Becktell, K, Foy A, Kelly T, Deshmukh T, Knipstein J. Resolution of Diffuse Leptomeningeal Enhancement after Primary Resection of Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. May 4, 2018 |
4. Chao K, Becktell K, Suchi M, Phelan R. Monotherapy Treatment with Cytarabine for ALK-positive Histiocytosis in an infant. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. May 4, 2018 |
5. Becktell, K, Schwartz, CS. Investigation the Need for a Multidisciplinary Cancer Predisposition Clinic. Best Practices Conference Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, March 1, 2019. |
6. Becktell, K, Brandow, A. JAK2 V617E Mutation+ Essential Thrombocythemia with Acquired Von Willebrand Disease in an 8 year old. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2019. |
7. Becktell, K, Schwartz, CS. Investigation the Need for a Multidisciplinary Cancer Predisposition Clinic. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2019, and Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore MD, April 2019 |
8. Becktell, K, Simpson, P, Schmidt, D, Anderson, L, Nichols, J, Phelan, R, Bingen, K. Developmental Differences in Health Related Quality of Life in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer. Published Online, American Society of Clinical Oncology, June 2019. Poster presentation at the North American Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer, Atlanta, GA, June 2019. |
9. Chao K, Schwartz C, Becktell K. Familial Wilms tumor secondary to germline REST variant. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting, Fort Worth TX, May 2020. |
10. Dietrich, P, Chartier, A, Lambert D, Phelan R, Dobrozsi S, Becktell K, Tomlinson K, Sandlow J, Ellison J. Fertility Preservation in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplant for Malignant and Non-Malignant Disease: Opportunities for improvement. Podium Presentation. NCS of the American Urologic Association annual meeting. Oct 2020, and at the European Society Pediatric Urology Annual meeting. 2021. |
11. Slusar K, Linneman N, Ott A, Linn S, Felske K, Becktell K. Successful Development of a Multidisciplinary Cancer Predisposition Clinic. Poster Presentation. American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO) 2024 Paper and Poster Abstracts, published online Pediatric Blood and Cancer, Vol 71, Issue 52 |
