Assistant Professor and OCOE Program Lead, Department of Urology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington
Dr. Yaw Nyame attended medical school at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and business school at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, graduating in 2012. Prior to medical school, he completed a Master’s Degree in Health Services and Administration at the School of Public Health at George Washington University.
Dr. Nyame completed his general surgery internship and urology residency training at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. He came to the Northwest to complete a Society of Urologic Oncology accredited fellowship at the University of Washington and joined the faculty upon completing his training.
Dr. Nyame has a research interest in health disparities in urologic cancers with a focus on using patient-centered approaches to build translational health services as well as molecular and clinical solutions to health inequities in prostate cancer and other urologic malignancies.