William C. Dooley, MD, FACS

William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, describes the changes in the CoC standards that will impact patient navigators, including psycho/social care, rehabilitation, prehabilitation, barriers to care, nutrition services, and survivorship.

William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, explains the periodic necessity for new standards of care—especially as changes in treatments and survivorship emerge.

Oncology navigators will be integral to the process of treating patients with cancer as a result of the new CoC standards, explains William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma.

William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, explains that changes that are important to the future are being undertaken with new CoC standards.

With a focus on the new standards for survivorship care plans, William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, describes how the navigator will participate in the overall survivorship care plan for patients in the future.

Ways in which safety nets will be established and implemented under the new CoC standards are discussed by William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma.

William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, explains how new standards will enhance the tools that navigators can use for specific patient needs, especially as this pertains to metrics that can be applied to policy.

New standards for survivorship provide an ideal place for navigators to usefully intervene in patient care, says William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma.

William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, explains the significance and historical background of the unique lapel pin he wears.

William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, describes how patient care in the areas of his state where many Native Americans live is affected by the unique geography of the land and US social history. He explains the legacy of the scholarships offered to Native Americans through the University of Oklahoma.

William C. Dooley, MD, FACS, Surveyor and Member, CoC, G. Rainey Williams Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Oklahoma, explains how the funds from the tobacco settlement and some creative strategies have been applied to public health programs, especially in the treatment of cancer among Native Americans.