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Elizabeth (Betsy) Koehne, MD, the newest addition to our urologic oncology faculty, brings expertise, passion, and dedication to patient care, research, and the academic community.
Originally from Kansas City, MO, Dr. Koehne completed medical school at the University of Missouri, residency at Loyola University-Chicago, and urologic oncology fellowship at the University of Washington.
Dr. Koehne says UW-Madison’s strong history of innovation and collaborative research made it the ideal place for her to launch her career as a urologic surgeon-scientist.
Specializing in treating bladder, prostate, kidney, penile, and testis cancers, Dr. Koehne employs advanced surgical techniques tailored to each patient. She offers traditional open and robotic approaches for procedures like radical cystectomy and plans to soon bring novel techniques to Wisconsin – including robotic retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy for kidney masses and transperineal prostate biopsies.
“Taking care of patients during critical times in their lives motivates me to provide the best care today and work to improve outcomes for our patients in the future,” she says.
Dr. Koehne’s research focuses on translational bladder cancer studies, using archived surgical tissues and in vitro models to overcome treatment resistance. Collaborating with veterinary scientists, she is developing organoid models to study rare bladder cancer subtypes. She also plans to explore novel imaging modalities to improve disease staging and participate in clinical trials as her practice grows.
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