Emily Podany, MD, MPHS

Emily Podany, MD, MPHS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine and specializes in breast cancer. She attended medical school, residency in internal medicine, and was chief resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She then completed hematology/oncology fellowship and a concomitant Master of Population Health Science degree with a Health Equity and Disparities Concentration at Washington University in St. Louis. 

Dr. Podany’s research interests focus on health disparities and liquid biopsy in breast cancer. She examines breast cancer disparities in screening, diagnosis, treatment, and precision medicine use, and works to bridge these found gaps using implementation science and public health interventions. She works within both a multi-institution, national consortium and local collaboration at WashU, examining how breast cancer tumor mutations differ across race, neighborhood deprivation, ancestry, stress, and environmental exposures. She is currently leading a study to determine the root causes of racial and socioeconomic disparities in targeted breast cancer treatments. In her free time she spends time with her three young children, husband, and two cats, and loves hiking, reading, and board games.