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Dr. William Dale, MD, PhD, FASCO
George Tsai Family Chair in Geriatric Oncology, Director of the Center for Cancer and Aging, City of Hope
DR. WILLIAM DALE is an internist/geriatrician who is board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine with a Ph.D. in health policy. He serves as a Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs at City of Hope and the George Tsai Family Chair in Geriatric Oncology in Honor of Arti Hurria at City of Hope. A Beeson Scholar and past leader of a Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatrics, Dr. Dale’s career is devoted to cancer care for older adults, with a focus on medical decision-making, high-value care models, and quality of life in older adults with cancer. In 2006, he established the award-winning Specialized Oncology Care & Research in the Elders (SOCARE) clinic, a geriatric clinic embedded in oncology, offering interdisciplinary, individualized, and integrated treatment for older adults with cancer.
He is a national leader in geriatric oncology, with over 200 publications, and is supported by funding from NIH (NIA, NCI), American Cancer Society, and multiple foundations. Dr. Dale collaborates widely on interdisciplinary research that integrates the clinical and social sciences, particularly through his leadership of the Cancer & Aging Research Group (CARG; mycarg.org). He is the lead PI, along with Co-PIs Drs. Supriya Mohile and Heidi Klepin, on a R33 NIA grant, Geriatric Oncology Research Infrastructure to Improve Clinical Care; this grant originally included as a multi-PI our colleague Dr. Arti Hurria. He is in his third year as Director of the Center for Cancer and Aging at City of Hope, succeeding founding director, Dr. Hurria.