Kari B. Wisinski, MD

Dr. Kari Wisinski is a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative care, a member of the UW Health Breast Center and a co-leader of the UW Carbone Cancer Center Breast Center Disease-Oriented team which organizes the clinical trials for breast cancer patients.

She specializes in the medical oncology of breast cancer.

Dr. Wisinski earned her medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO and completed a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

Her research focuses primarily on the testing of new medications for breast cancer. She leads clinical trials which are determining how to administer therapies safely and effectively and include testing to identify which patients will benefit from specific new therapies.