Don Dizon, MD

Don Dizon, MD

Professor of Medicine, Brown University
Director of Women’s Cancers at Lifespan Cancer Institute
Director of Medical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital

Dr. Dizon 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. Between 2003 and 2009 he was the director of medical oncology at the Program in Women’s Oncology at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. In July 2012, he transferred his clinical practice to Mass General, where he founded and directed the Oncology Sexual Health Clinic at the MGH Cancer Center. Between 2014 and 2017 he was the Clinical Co-Director of Gynecologic Oncology at the MGH Cancer Center. Among his editorial roles, he is section editor in Gynecologic Oncology at UpToDate, and Associate Editor at The Oncologist and The American Journal of Clinical Oncology. He maintains online columns for ASCO and for the journal, The Oncologist and is the chair of the Digital Engagement Committee for SWOG, a member of the National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN). He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO).