MUSC Dean Named to ACS CAN National Board

Raymond N. Dubois, MD, Ph.D., dean of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Medicine, has been named to the national board of directors for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy affiliate for the American Cancer Society (Society).  In this role, Dr. DuBois will provide leadership and guidance for ACS CAN, which supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem.

Based in Washington, D.C., ACS CAN leverages volunteers across the country to educate elected officials on critically important cancer-fighting policies, shaping the outcome of legislation that saves lives through support for cancer research, prevention and treatments. ACS CAN is also working toward improving the quality of life for those already diagnosed with the disease.  Its volunteer base in South Carolina represents those affected by cancer, including the 28,680 people expected to be diagnosed in the state this year as well as the 255,110 cancer survivors who live here. 

“We are exceedingly fortunate someone as distinguished as Dr. DuBois is serving on our Board of Directors this year,” said ACS CAN President Chris Hansen. “Dr. DuBois has a deep commitment to our mission and is an unrelenting champion of policies that will help us get the upper hand on this devastating disease.”

Dr. DuBois has served as Dean of the College of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina since March 2016.  For four years prior to coming to MUSC, Dr. DuBois was Executive Director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University with a joint appointment as Professor of Medicine in the Mayo College of Medicine.  He served previously as Executive Vice President and Provost at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and as Director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

Dr. DuBois is an internationally renowned expert for his studies on the molecular and genetic basis for colorectal cancer.  He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Past President of the AACR, the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, and the International Society for Gastrointestinal Cancer.  He is also a member of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, the Royal College of Physicians, the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation.

DuBois earned a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and a doctoral degree from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.  He obtained his medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, followed by an Osler Medicine internship and residency, and a gastroenterology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society and works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people extraordinary power to fight cancer with the training and tools they need to make their voices heard. For more information, visit www.fightcancer.org.

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