Dr. William M. Dugan Jr., M.D.

Expert Publications

• Oncology staff recognition of depressive symptoms on videotaped interviews of depressed cancer patients: implications for designing a training program.
• Clinical Oncology Program: a community cancer control model.
• Clinical Oncology Program: a community cancer control model.
• An attempt to employ the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale as a "lab test" to trigger follow-up in ambulatory oncology clinics: criterion validity and detection.
• Access to communication technologies in a sample of cancer patients: an urban and rural survey.
• Clinical alternatives to radical mastectomy.
• Clinical alternatives to radical mastectomy.
• Back pain: the primrose path--a case report.
• Cancer corner.
• Continuous infusion metoclopramide: clinical trials, pharmacokinetic considerations and cost-effectiveness.
• Reliability of videotape technology in assessing the efficacy of anti-emetic drugs.
• The value of dexamethasone when added to combination drug therapy in the prevention of cisplatin-induced nausea and vomiting, evaluated by time-lapse video technology.
• Oncology waste management.
• Comment: revised treatment of ulcerative stomatitis.
• Colorectal cancer: screening, detection.

Media Releases

Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. William M. Dugan Jr., who serves patients throughout the State of Indiana.

A hematologist-oncologist, Dr. Dugan Jr. is a cancer specialist trained in blood disorders and the medical treatment of malignancies.

In the state of Indiana, he is affiliated with Columbus Regional Hospital, Community Hospital East, Community Hospital North, Woodlawn Hospital, Margaret Mary Health, Indiana University Health University Hospital, and Parkview Wabash Hospital.

“I’ve been a practicing medical oncologist for over 36 years, and the most gratifying work I have done is what I do in the rural hospital setting every week. Hardly a day goes by that a patient doesn’t thank me for not having to drive long distances to receive cancer care” expressed the doctor. 

Graduating with the class of 1963 at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Dugan Jr. went on to further his studies. He performed his internship, residency in internal medicine, and fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the said establishment in 1964, 1967, and 1968, respectively. 

A provider of educational programs to patients, families, physicians and nurses, he served as the co-founder and president of Community Cancer Care in Indianapolis, an assistant clinical professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and as the co-founder of the Quality of Life Foundation.

An active cancer researcher, Dr. Dugan Jr. is board-certified in medical oncology and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Obtaining membership status, he is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A hematologist-oncologist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer, malignant blood diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, and blood disorders such as iron-deficiency anemia, clotting abnormalities, hemophilia, and sickle-cell disease.

Recognized for his work, Dr. Dugan Jr. is the 2005 recipient of the Rural Health Practitioner of the Year Award. National Rural Health Association’s 28th Annual Conference in New Orleans, the award recognizes the rural health leader whose dedication and commitment exemplifies the highest standards of rural health care and service. 

Dr. Dugan was honored for his outstanding contributions made to health care in rural areas for over 23 years, and is the first specialist to win the award.

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