Biographical summary
Kimberly Corbin, M.D., is a board-certified radiation oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with a clinical focus in breast cancer radiation oncology. Dr. Corbin specializes in radiation therapy for breast cancer, including proton therapy, accelerated partial breast irradiation, and reirradiation for recurrent breast cancer. She also has expertise in the radiation management of uveal melanoma.
Patients commonly see Dr. Corbin to understand their radiation treatment options after lumpectomy, mastectomy, breast reconstruction, or recurrence. She focuses on developing individualized radiation treatment plans that treat cancer effectively while reducing radiation exposure to nearby healthy tissues, including the heart and lungs. Her clinical interests include supportive care, reducing short- and long-term treatment-related side effects, and improving care pathways through multidisciplinary collaboration.
Her areas of clinical focus include:
- Proton therapy and other highly conformal radiation techniques for breast cancer
- Accelerated partial breast irradiation after lumpectomy
- Reirradiation strategies for locoregional breast cancer recurrence
- Radiation planning to reduce heart, lung, skin, rib, and chest wall toxicity
- Multidisciplinary coordination for complex breast cancer cases
- Supportive care interventions to reduce acute and late radiation toxicity
- Radiation management of uveal melanoma
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
Interests
- Breast cancer
- Proton therapy for breast cancer
- Accelerated partial breast irradiation
- Breast cancer reirradiation
- Locoregional breast cancer recurrence
- Local therapy for oligometastatic breast cancer
- Uveal melanoma
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2012
Residency - Radiation OncologyUniversity of Chicago
- 2011
Externship - Radiation Oncology, Skin and LungPeter McCallum Cancer Center
- 2011
Externship - BrachytherapyMemorial Medical Center, SIU School of Medicine
- 2011
Externship - Pediatric FocusUniversity of Indiana
- 2008
InternshipStrong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY
- 2007
MDUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2013
Radiation OncologyAmerican Board of Radiology
Awards and honors
- 2022
Minnesota Monthly 2022 Top Doctors Award: Radiation Oncology Minnesota Monthly Magazine
- 2021
Minnesota Monthly 2021 Top Doctors Award: Radiation Oncology Minnesota Monthly Magazine
- 2021
Teacher of the Year Radiation Oncology 2021Mayo Fellows Association
- 2012
HDR ScholarshipAmerican Brachytherapy Society
- 2010
Chief ResidentUniversity of Chicago
- 2007
2007 Alpha Omega Alpha AwardAlpha Omega Alpha University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Professional memberships
- 2025 - present
MemberAmerican Board of Radiology
- 2024 - present
Commiittee MemberNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
- 2024 - present
Appropriate Use Criteria Steering Committee MemberAmerican Radium Society
- 2023 - present
Co-Chair, Clinical Planning Committee2025 Conference Program Committee, National Consortium of Breast Centers; 2025 Conference Committee for Sexual Health First Responders
- 2022 - present
Education ChairMayo Clinic Radiation Oncology Education Committee
- 2021 - present
Committee member, education committeeRadiation Oncology Education Collaborative Study Group
- 2021 - present
MentorSociety for Women in Radiation Oncology
- 2020 - present
Program DirectorRadiation Oncology Education Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology
- 2020 - present
MemberAssociation of Directors of Radiation Oncology Programs
- 2020 - present
MemberExecutive Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology
- 2020 - present
Planning CommitteeNational Consortium of Breast Cancer Committee
- 2020 - present
MemberAlliance, Cancer and Leukemia Group B Foundation
- 2019 - present
MemberAmerican College of Radiology
- 2019 - present
Acting ChairOutcomes Committee, Mayo Clinic in Rochester Committees, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
- 2019 - present
MemberNational Consortium of Breast Centers
- 2019 - present
MemberBreast Cancer Disease Group
- 2019 - present
MemberAlliance Breast Committee
- 2018 - 2020
Assistant Program DirectorRadiation Oncology Education Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology
- 2018 - present
Committee MemberAlliance, Cancer and Leukemia Group B Foundation
- 2017 - present
MentorMayo Medical School, Career Advisory Program
- 2016 - present
MemberAmerican College of Radiation Oncology
- 2016 - present
MemberRadiation Oncology Education Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology
- 2015 - present
MemberAmerican Board of Radiology
- 2012 - 2019
MemberAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology
- 2012 - 2015
RepresentativeCancer Committee, Memorial Medical Center
- 2012 - present
MemberAmerican Society for Radiation Oncology
- 2012 - present
MemberRadiologic Society of North America
- 2011 - 2019
MemberAmerican Brachytherapy Society
Publications