Dr. Nithya Ramnath (MBBS) is a board-certified oncologist with extensive expertise in cancer therapeutics and precision oncology. She currently serves as the Section Chief of Oncology at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and is also the Director of the Precision Oncology Program. Dr. Ramnath earned her medical degree from the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India, and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. She then pursued a fellowship in Oncology at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Her academic career began at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY, and in 2008, she joined the Oncology Division at the University of Michigan, holding a joint appointment at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Dr. Ramnath’s research is dedicated to advancing cancer therapeutics, with a strong focus on reducing morbidity and mortality from lung cancer. In addition to treatment strategies, she is actively involved in studying blood-based biomarkers for cancer recurrence and ex vivo analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to assess their prognostic and predictive value in cancer response. Her contributions to oncology research and patient care continue to drive advancements in precision medicine, improving outcomes for individuals battling cancer.