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Darke
County Cancer Association
Wayne
Cancer Program Director to Speak
Dr. Daniel
McKellar to speak at Annie Oakley Golf Tournament July 23
Dr. Daniel
McKellar was born in northern California and attended the University of
California,
receiving a bachelor’s degree with honors in biochemistry in 1982. He then attendee Loyola
university, Stritch
School of Medicine and received his medical degree in 1987. At Loyola he received the
President’s
Medallion, the
highest honor for a
graduating student. He
then performed
his surgical residency at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and
served a
four year commitment in the United States Air Force.
He has been in private practice in Dayton for
several years and came to Wayne Hospital in Greenville in 2009 as a
full time
general surgeon and director of the cancer program.
Dr.
McKellar has published numerous peer reviewed articles on various
topics in
surgery, made several presentations at national surgical meetings, and
is the
author of a surgical textbook titled “Prognosis and outcomes in
Surgical
Diseases.”
Dr.
McKellar’s main interests throughout his career have been to improve
the
quality of care for cancer patients.
He
has served on many national, state and local cancer organizations
including the
Ohio Division Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society, Ohio
Partners
for Cancer Control, Dayton Clinical Oncology Program, and serves on the
cancer
advisory committee to the Ohio Department of Health.
Dr. McKellar has been very active in the
Commission on Cancer, the national organization that accredits
approximately
1500 cancer programs in the United States and the National
Accreditation
Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
He
has personally visited and reviewed over 100 cancer and breast centres
in the
country and served many leadership positions with the Commission on
Cancer. Currently,
he serves as the
chair of the Accreditation Committee of the Commission on Cancer and
helps to
develop cancer program standards for all accredited cancer programs.
He
has recently received the appointment of
Chair Elect for the commission on Cancer and will assume the role of
Chair of
the Commission on Cancer beginning in October 2012.
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