Elizabeth R Kessler, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is a genitourinary medical oncologist and cares for patients at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.

Dr. Kessler received her medical doctorate from New York Medical College and completed her clinical residency and fellowship training at the University of Colorado.

She is a clinical researcher and has served as the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator of many phase I, II, and III clinical research studies. Her own research focuses on improving the evidence base in caring for older adults with cancer. Dr. Kessler has been funded by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, NIH, DOD, and is a American Cancer Society Clinician Scientist Scholar investigating a formalized framework aimed at increasing care alignment by performing geriatric, goals of care and oncologic assessments at the outset of care planning for older patients with cancer.