Don S. Dizon, MD

FACP, FASCO

Dr. Dizon is a Medical Oncologist and Professor specializing in the care of women’s cancer, particularly breast and gynecologic cancers, and the sexual health of cancer survivors. He is the Head of Women’s Cancers at Lifespan Cancer Institute, Director of Medical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island (USA). He was trained in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) where he was also on the faculty in the Developmental Therapeutics section and Gynecologic Oncology Disease Management Team at MSKCC until 2003. He was the previous Director of Medical Oncology at the Program in Women's Oncology at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island where he also founded the Center for Sexuality, Intimacy, and Fertility for women with cancer (CSIF) and was also the Clinical Co-Director of Gynecologic Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. He is purposefully visible in social media and maintains online columns at Connecton and for the journal, The Oncologist. He chairs the Digital Engagement Committee for SWOG, a member of the NCI National Clinical Trials Network. In 2017, he was named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He was National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director’s Award as Co-Chair of the Cervical Cancer Task Force and Clinical Trials Planning Committee in 2018.