Zachary Kohutek, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director
Medical Student Clerkship Director
Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Avenue
Room / Suite
B1003
Nashville
Tennessee
37232
615-322-2555

Dr. Kohutek is an Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology and serves as the Medical Student Clerkship Director.  After graduating with M.D./Ph.D. degrees from the University of Virginia, he completed his residency training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He then practiced at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center prior to joining the faculty at Vanderbilt.  Dr. Kohutek specializes in the treatment of head and neck cancer and palliative care radiotherapy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is board-certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology.

Honors/Awards

  • ARRO Educator of the Year Award, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2021-2022

Education

  • Residency, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2016
  • Internship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 2012
  • M.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2011
  • Ph.D.,  University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2009

Research