{"entity":{"id":"nathan-pennell","kind":"person","name":"Nathan A. Pennell","aka":[],"tldr":"Lung cancer oncologist who has pushed for universal biomarker testing and better trial design.","summary":"Nathan A. Pennell is Vice Chair of Clinical Research at the Taussig Cancer Institute and a member of the Lung Cancer Medical Oncology Program at Cleveland Clinic. He is a lung cancer oncologist known for pushing for universal biomarker testing in non-small-cell lung cancer and for better trial design, and he is an ASCO educational leader on molecular testing. His selected paper addresses the real-world issues and tough choices in biomarker testing for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. He now leads lung cancer clinical research and research operations at Cleveland Clinic.","asOf":"2026-09-08","links":[{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Pennell%20NA%5BAuthor%5D"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["nsclc"],"sections":[],"technologies":["cgp"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["cleveland-clinic"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":["asco-educational-book"],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Taussig Cancer Institute; Lung Cancer Medical Oncology Program","institutionId":"cleveland-clinic","specialisms":["Lung cancer","Biomarker testing","Clinical research operations"],"profiles":[{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Pennell%20NA%5BAuthor%5D"}],"papers":[{"title":"Biomarker testing for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: real-world issues and tough choices","journal":"ASCO Educational Book","year":2019}],"orcid":"0000-0002-1458-0064"},"route":"/people/nathan-pennell/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"nsclc","kind":"cancer","name":"Non-small-cell lung cancer","route":"/cancers/nsclc/"}],"technology":[{"id":"cgp","kind":"technology","name":"Comprehensive genomic profiling","route":"/technologies/cgp/"}],"institution":[{"id":"cleveland-clinic","kind":"institution","name":"Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute","route":"/institutions/cleveland-clinic/"}],"journal":[{"id":"asco-educational-book","kind":"journal","name":"American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book","route":"/journals/asco-educational-book/"}]}}