Kaitlin Sundling, MD, PhD

Kaitlin Sundling, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her work focuses on improving minimally invasive diagnosis through development of circulating biomarker assays and application of deep learning to cytology image analysis.

A graduate of the NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Program, Dr. Sundling received her MD from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and received her PhD in biophysics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She completed her residency in pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and went on to complete a fellowship in cytopathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Sundling is a member of the World Health Network and the Covid Action Group, where she focuses on development of scientific guidance, resources, and community support to protect people from public health threats.

Dr. Sundling joined the faculty at University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2018. She also serves as Director of Cytology for the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, as Medical Director for the University of Wisconsin–Madison Cytotechnology Program, and as Co-Director of the Circulating Biomarker Core at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.