Center for Digital Health

Don S. Dizon is a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Surgery at Brown University and serves as the
Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Professional Engagement at SWOG Cancer Research
Network, a member of the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials Network. He is a medical
oncologist specializing in pelvic malignancies, survivorship particularly as it pertains to sexual health for
men and women with cancer, 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 The Pelvic Malignancies Program
and Director of Hematology-Oncology clinics at Lifespan Cancer Institute, Director of Medical Oncology
at Rhode Island Hospital, and Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at Legorreta
Cancer Center at Brown University. Among his other roles, he is co-Chief Medical Officer at Global
Cancer Institute and sits on the boards of multiple nonprofits, including the Hope Foundation for Cancer
Research and the LGBTQ Cancer Network. 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, TikTok, and Mastodon. Follow him @drdonsdizon.