About Rebecca Kaltman, M.D.
Dr. Rebecca Kaltman is a board-certified medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of breast cancer patients for the past 10 years. After experiencing breast cancer in her family during medical school and witnessing care from the patient perspective, her calling became clear. Each step through internship, residency, and, ultimately, oncology fellowship brought Dr. Kaltman closer to her life’s work. Counseling women and their families as they go through the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer has been the most rewarding aspect of her career.
Dr. Kaltman graduated at the top of her class in medical school and went on to residency and oncology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She served as Chief Fellow before taking a position on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in 2004, where she practiced as a breast cancer specialist for three years. As part of her academic practice, she counseled and treated breast cancer patients while training medical students, residents and oncology fellows. She was also highly involved in Penn’s Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, counseling and testing men and women with strong family histories of cancer for genetic mutations.
In 2007, Dr. Kaltman and her family relocated to Bethesda, Maryland. She worked as an oncologist for three years in a breast oncology-specific private practice in Bethesda. She returned to academics in 2010 to serve on the faculty at The George Washington (GW) University’s Medical Faculty Associates, where she started The Ruth Paul Cancer Prevention Program. After 11 years at GW, she was recruited to serve as the Inaugural Executive Director of the Saville Cancer Screening and Prevention Center at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in September 2021.
“Becoming a consultant allows me the flexibility and time to provide the care that I think patients want and what they most certainly deserve.”
“Much of what I do in clinical practice is counseling women on their diagnosis and preparing them for the next step in their care. The idea for this online consultation service was born out my desire to get back to what I think medicine is all about; fostering that interaction between doctor and patient.”
Dr. Kaltman is passionate about delivering quality, compassionate, state of the art medical care to her patients. She has been awarded Top Doctor recognition in her field by The Washingtonian Magazine for the past three years.
In July 2014, while retaining her role as Director of The Ruth Paul Cancer Prevention Program at GW, she decided to leave her active breast oncology practice to start this new model for health care delivery.