Founders Week Lecture - Dr. William Dalton

Founders Week Lecture

Speaker: Dr. William Dalton, President, CEO and Center Director of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.
Location: DuVal Auditorium
When: Friday, November 13, 2017 -
11:30am to 1:00pm

A light lunch will be served.

William S. Dalton, MD, PhD, served as dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2001-02. He obtained his doctorate in toxicology and medical life sciences as well as a medical degree at Indiana University, where he also completed his internship in medicine. He then completed a residency in medicine, a fellowship in oncology and a fellowship in clinical pharmacologyat the University of Arizona. 

Dr. Dalton became a professor of oncology, biochemistry and medicine at USF in 1997. He was the founding chair of the Department of Oncologic Sciences and served as associate center director for clinical investigations at the Moffitt Cancer Center, becoming deputy director in 1999, and he served as associate vice president of health sciences at USF.

In 2001, Dr. Dalton became dean of the UA College of Medicine, where he earlier was founding director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program. In 2002, he returned to USF for his current position at the Moffitt Cancer Center, where he established an initiative called Total Cancer Care with an emphasis on a personalized approach to the treatment of cancer.

Dr. Dalton also serves as chair of the Science Policy and Legislative Affairs Committee for the American Association for Cancer Research.