Professor of Medicine and Professor of Surgery, Brown University
Director, Pelvic Malignancies Program, Lifespan Cancer Institute
Director, Medical Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital
Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, The Legoretta Cancer Center at Brown University
Providence, RI
Don S. Dizon is a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Surgery at Brown University. He is a medical oncologist specializing in breast and pelvic malignancies, survivorship particularly as it pertains to sexual health for men and women with cancer, patient engagement, and social media. He grew up on the Pacific Island of Guam, and completed undergraduate and medical school at the University of Rochester in New York. He trained in Internal Medicine at Yale New-Haven Hospital and completed a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. He is the Director of Pelvic Malignancies and Director of Hematology-Oncology clinics at Lifespan Cancer Institute and Director of Medical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital. Additionally, he is the Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement for The Legoretta Cancer Center at Brown University and serves as the Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Professional Integrity for SWOG Oncology Research Network. He is also the Co-Chief Medical Officer of the nonprofit, Global Cancer Institute. He writes an online column for the journal, The Oncologist, and for ASCO Connection. Dr. Dizon is a founding member of the Collaboration for Outcomes Using Social Media in Oncology and is active on many platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Follow him @drdonsdizon.
