Dr. Dicker serves as Enterprise Senior VP, Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Dicker serves as Enterprise Senior VP, Professor and
Chair of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson
University-Jefferson Health, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
based in Philadelphia. He leads a university-wide effort in
Digital Health and Data Science and founded the Jefferson
Center for Digital Health & Data Science.
His work as a health care technology entrepreneur /
physician-scientist has resulted in establishment of
parameters for quality assurance in oncology, therapeutic
clinical trials utilizing targeted therapies, innovative
models for radiation modifiers, FDA/CMS approval of a
genomic signature for, patient reported outcomes for
novel therapeutics and graduate courses in digital health.
Dr. Dicker has numerous national leadership roles and responsibilities which include: Co-Chair,
NCI Clinical Trials and Translational Research Advisory Committee-Ad hoc Working Group on
Radiation Oncology; Member, Clinical Trials and Translational Research Advisory Committee for
NCI, (CTAC); Co-Chair Translational Science and Chair, Digital Health Working Group – NRG
Oncology; former Chair, Integration Panel: Prostate Cancer Research Program, Department of
Defense, and former Radiation Oncology Co-Chair of the NCI Genitourinary Cancers Steering
Committee Prostate Cancer Task Force. He actively participates on the National Cancer Institute
Investigational Drug Steering Committee (CTEP), and National Clinical Trial Network Core
Correlative Sciences Committees. He was elected a Fellow of both ASTRO and ASCO.
Dr. Dicker received his BA from Columbia College, and his MD and PhD (Molecular Pharmacology)
from Cornell University. He received his postgraduate training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center after a surgical internship.
About Jefferson
A/A2 bond rated nonprofit corporation with $5.7B in FY2021 revenue based in Philadelphia, PA
and dedicated to teaching, research, and healthcare delivery. 18 Hospitals and 42,000
employees.
Functionally organized into four vertical pillars:
CLINICAL|ACADEMIC|INNOVATION|PHILANTHROPY