Goetz Kloecker, MD, MBA, MSPH, FACP, graduated from medical school in Munich, Germany. He did internal medicine residencies at the University of Nuremberg/Erlangen, the Free University of Berlin, and the University of Louisville, KY. At the University of Louisville, Dr. Kloecker served as a tenured full professor of medicine, the hematology/oncology fellowship director, and the director of the Thoracic Oncology Clinic for more than 10 years. Since 2020, he has been a gratis faculty member at the University of Louisville.
Dr. Kloecker has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, and recently the book, Lung Cancer: Standards of Care. He has received multiple grants and awards, among them Kentucky Colonel, Distinguished Clinical Faculty, and Top Doc Louisville. Dr. Kloecker now is the co-director of thoracic oncology at St Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, KY. He is engaged in multidisciplinary clinical care and clinical trials for patients with lung cancer. Dr. Kloecker is also interested in medical education and hopes to improve the outcomes of thoracic malignancies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.