- Lung cancer
David W. Dougherty, MD, MBA
Medical Oncology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman 2nd Floor West
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Deputy Director, Clinical Services, Abramson Cancer Center
- Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hematology-Oncology)
My 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
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
95 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Medical Oncology, 2011
- American Society of Clinical Oncology, National
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, International
- Penn Lung Cancer Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
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: 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