David W Dougherty, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
Deputy Director of Clinical Services, Abramson Cancer Center
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
12 South Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Civic Center Blvd
12 South Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Pre-medicine, Health Policy Administration)
The Pennsylvania State University, 2001.
MD (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College , 2005.
MBA (Business Administration)
University of Rochester, 2013.
Permanent linkBS (Pre-medicine, Health Policy Administration)
The Pennsylvania State University, 2001.
MD (Medicine)
Jefferson Medical College , 2005.
MBA (Business Administration)
University of Rochester, 2013.
Selected Publications
Reed-Guy, L, Zuber C, Collins M, Kennedy M, Goldman N, Cahill C, Gabriel P, Boisseau L, Dougherty DW, Sedhom R: Leveraging EHR Tools and Social Work to Improve ACP Documentation in Older Adults with Cancer. JCO Oncology Practice October 2025.Hamel LM, Dougherty DW, Kim S, Heath E, Mabunda L, Austin T, Assad H, Mamdani H, *Tadesse E, *Grossi R, *Jarbo N, & Eggly S.: DISCO App: a patient intervention to reduce the financial burden of cancer in a diverse patient population. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting June 2025.
Ugarte S, D'Avella C, Kacew A, Gabriel P, Ciunci C, Roy M, Schwartz A, Koepke M, Boyk K, Walker S, Tindall J, Mashburn M, Dougherty DW: Evaluating the impact of the cancer diagnostic clinic: A two-year update on timely access, diagnosis, and treatment. 2025 ASCO Quality Care Symposium; JCO Oncol Pract 2025.
17. Marmarelis ME, Scholes DG, McWilliams TL, Hwang WT, Kosteva J, Costello MR, Sun L, Singh AP, Lau-Min KS, Doucette A, Gabriel PE, Martella AO, Roy MA, Thompson JC, Cohen RB, Dougherty DW, Shulman LN, Langer CJ, Bekelman JE, Carpenter EL, Aggarwal C: Electronic Medical Record-Based Nudge Intervention to Increase Comprehensive Molecular Genotyping in Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Results from a Prospective Clinical Trial. JCO Oncol Pract Jul 2024.
Wainwright, JV, Aggarwal C, Beucker S, Dougherty DW, et al: Penn TRACE. University of Pennsylvania Telehealth Research Center of Excellence. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr(64), 62-69, June 2024.
16. Siegel RD, LeFebvre KB, Temin S, Evers A, Barbarotta L, Bowman R, Chan A, Dougherty DW, et al: Antineoplastic Therapy Administration Safety Standards for Adult and Pediatric Oncology: ASCO-ONS Standards. Oncol Nurs Forum 51(4): 297-320, June 2024.
15. Siegel RD, LeFebvre KB, Temin S, Evers A, Barbarotta, L, Bowman R, Chan A, Dougherty DW, et al. : Antineoplastic Therapy Administration Safety Standards for Adult and Pediatric Oncology : ASCO-ONS Standards. JCO Oncology Practice Page: 1-17, May 2024.
Ugarte S, D'Avella C, Gabriel P, Ciunci C, Roy M, Schwartz A, Boyk K, Walker S, Tindall J, Dougherty DW: The cancer diagnostic clinic: a rapid access clinic to improve outcomes for patients with a suspected cancer diagnosis. 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium; JCO Oncol Pract 20(suppl 10; abstr 77), 2024.
Sedhom R, Tomita-Barber J, Manz CR, Parikh RB, Gupta A, Hussaini Q, Dougherty D: Creating a culture for change: Lessons from behavioral economics and complexity science to increase serious illness conversations for patients with cancer. Curr Probl Cancer Oct 15 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2023.101020. Epub ahead of print.
21. Grossi R, Tadessee E, Mabunda L, Austin T, Angers K, Tutuska K, Daigle M, Eggly S, Dougherty D, Hamel LM: Recruiting Black and white patients to a behavioral oncology clinical trial: lessons from the DISCO Trial. ASCO Quality Care Symposium, Boston, MA Oct 2023.