David W. Dougherty, MD, MBA
Medical Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 2nd Floor West
Make an appointmentCall 215-615-5858
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Deputy Director, Clinical Services, Abramson Cancer Center
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
  • Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Rochester Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

80 reviews

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October 2025
has taken good care of me.
October 2025
dr. is always personal, thorough, and talks with you.
September 2025
he has answered my questions and is very compassionate...tops in my book!
September 2025
communication

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Dougherty is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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: 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: 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: 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: 2024,62-69

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): 2024,297-320

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 : 2024,1-17

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: 2023

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: 2023