Dr. Joseph O'Donnell reviews medical content for Healthwise, a
nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health
decisions. Dr. O'Donnell is an internist who specializes in diseases of the
blood and cancer, especially cancer prevention and the palliative and
supportive care of cancer patients. He is also very interested in effective
communication, quality improvement, and outcomes research. He has served as
principal investigator or co-investigator for several cancer research
projects.
Dr. O'Donnell is Professor of Medicine, Senior Advising Dean, and
Director of Community Programs at Dartmouth Medical School. He is a former
Chief of Oncology at the Dartmouth-affiliated White River Junction Veterans
Administration Medical Center in White River Junction, Vermont, and now serves
Dartmouth Medical School as Senior Associate Dean for Student Life and Alumni
Relations and Senior Scholar at the C. Everett Koop Institute.
Dr. O'Donnell helped the American Cancer Society develop the
"Professors of Clinical Oncology Objectives for Oncology for Medical Students."
He is the editor of the series "New Ideas in Medical Education" for the
Journal of Academic Medicine for 1998 and editor of the
Journal of Cancer Education. He advises the American
Cancer Society as a member of its Blue Ribbon II Committee. He is co-author of
"Medical Oncology for the House Officer."
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal
Medicine-1974
American Board of Internal Medicine,
Oncology-1979
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Hemophilia
Thalassemia
Iron
Deficiency Anemia
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia
Medical
tests:
Antibody Screening Tests
Blood
Typing
Complete Blood Count
Folic
Acid
Hemoglobin
Electrophoresis
Immunoglobulins
Schilling
Test
Sickle Cell Test
Tissue Typing
Education
MD: Harvard Medical School,
1973
Internship in Medicine: Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital,
Hanover, NH, 1973-1974
Residency in Medicine: Mary Hitchcock
Memorial Hospital, 1974-1976
Clinical Associate: National Cancer
Institute Division of Cancer Treatment, Bethesda, MD, 1976-1978
Academic Appointments
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine,
1978-1984
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,
1984-1991
Acting Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs,
1987-1988
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs,
1988-1991
Professor of Medicine, 1991-present
Advising
Dean, 1990-present
Senior Advising Dean and Director of Community
Programs, 1995-2007
Senior Associate Dean for Student Life and
Alumni Relations, 2007-present
Associate Director for Education and
Information Services, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Mary Hitchcock Memorial
Hospital, 1995-2000
Hospital Affiliations
Veterans Administration Hospital, White River
Junction, VT:
Staff Physician,
1978-present
Chief, Oncology Section, 1978-1989 and
1991-2007
Staff Physician, Norris Cotton Cancer Center,
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, 1978-present
Professional Affiliations
American Association for Cancer Education,
Inc. (Past President)
American Cancer Society
American
College of Physicians, FACP
American Federation of Clinical
Research
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Choice
in Dying
National Cancer Society, National Cancer Curriculum Review
Committee
NIH Consensus Panel, Cancer Pain Education Task
Force
Selected Publication
Nelson WF, O'Donnell JF (1994). The teaching
of medical ethics in oncology education. Journal of Cancer Education 9(3): 170-173.
