Darcy V. Spicer, MD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Oncology

Title:

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Director, Clinical Investigations Support Office
  • Division Chief of Cancer Medicine and Blood Disease

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Locations:

Background:

Dr. Spicer has been on faculty at the Keck School of Medicine at USC since 1980 when he began as a Clinical Instructor of Medicine in the Department of Oncology. Currently an associate professor, Dr. Spicer is also the Co-Director of the Clinical Investigations Support Office at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer and Hospital. Dr. Spicer holds several United States patents for his medical inventions and chairs Keck’s Institutional Review Board, overseeing that faculty research is conducted ethically. He is a medical oncology attending physician at both the LAC+USC Medical Center and the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, a General Medicine Ward Attending Physician at LAC+USC Medical Center and was the founder of Balance Pharmaceuticals based in Los Angeles.

Education:

  • University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1972
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1975

Internships:

  • University of Western Ontario, University Hospital (Internal Medicine), London, Ontario, Canada, 1975 - 1976

Residencies:

  • McGill University, Montreal General Hospital (Internal Medicine), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1976 - 1978
  • McGill University, Montreal General Hospital (Hematology/Oncology), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1978 - 1979

Fellowships:

  • Keck School of Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Medical Oncology, 1979 - 1980

Board Certification:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical Oncology

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American College of Physicians, 1979
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology, 1983

Languages:

  • English