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About Don S. DizonMichael L. Krychman

Don S. Dizon is a Professor of Medicine at Brown University. He is a medical oncologist specializing in breast and pelvic malignancies survivorship (particularly as it pertains to sexual health for men and women with cancer) patient engagement and social media. He grew up on the Pacific Island of Guam and completed undergraduate and medical school at the University of Rochester in New York. He trained in Internal Medicine at Yale New-Haven Hospital and completed a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. He serves as the Director of Womens Cancers and Director of Hematology-Oncology clinics at Lifespan Cancer Institute and Director of Medical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital. Additionally he leads Community Outreach and Engagement for The Cancer Center at Brown University and serves as Chair of Digital Engagement for SWOG Oncology Research Network and Co-Chief Medical Officer of the Global Cancer Institute. He writes an online column for the journal The Oncologist and for ASCO Connection. Dr. Dizon is a founding member of the Collaboration for Outcomes Using Social Media in Oncology and is active on many platforms including Twitter Instagram Facebook and TikTok. Follow him @drdonsdizon. Michael L. Krychman MD FACOG is the Medical Director of Sexual Medicine at Hoag Hospital and the Executive Director of the Southern California Center for Sexual Health and Survivorship Medicine both located in Newport Beach CA. He is presently Associate Clinical Attending at the University of Southern California and the University of California Irvine. He is the former Co-Director of The Sexual Medicine and Rehabilitation Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Krychman holds licenses from 3 states (CA PA NY) and is a board certified OB/GYN. He is a clinical sexologist and AASECT-certified sexual counselor with a Masters in Public Health and Human Sexuality. Dr. Krychman is on the editorial board for the Journal of Sexual Medicine Current Sexual Medicine Report and is an associate editor for Sexuality for The Female Patient. In addition to these two outstanding books Dr. Krychman is coauthor of 100 Questions & Answers About Cervical Cancer (also published by Jones & Bartlett Learning) and has written numerous chapters for leading sexual medicine textbooks. Dr. Krychmans clinical interests include breast cancer sexuality the impact of chronic medical diseases like hypertension diabetes and cardiovascular disease health and its implications on sexual function. He also has a focus on the impact of sexuality and overall quality of life.