Department of Medical Oncology
Buffalo Medical Group, PC
Specialty: Medical Oncology

A member of the Buffalo Medical Group, PC, since 1994, Dr. David R. Dougherty is board certified by the American Board of Osteopathic Medicine in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.

He earned his doctor of osteopathic medicine degree at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he has been an associate professor of medicine since 1997. Dr. Dougherty completed general surgery specialty training at Botsford General Hospital, which is a division of Michigan State University. He also completed a residency in general internal medicine at Botsford General, where he served as Chief Resident during his last two years. Following his residencies, he was awarded a medical oncology fellowship and trained at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

In addition to his practice at the Buffalo Medical Group, Dr. Dougherty is program director and chief of the Osteopathic Medicine Residency Program for the Catholic Health System, and is an assistant professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He also is a Roswell Park Community Cancer Network Board member, and a member of the Buffalo Medical Group, PC, Board of Directors.

Dr. Dougherty is a fellow in the American Osteopathic Internist Society, and is a member of the American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Association, the American Society of Oncology, and the Western New York Osteopathic Society. In 2000, he was inducted into Strathmore’s WHO’s WHO In Medicine for a lifetime achievement to the pursuit of Medical Oncology.

Currently, Dr. Dougherty is affiliated with numerous hospitals in Western New York including Buffalo General, Millard Fillmore Gates Circle and Suburban, Mercy, Kenmore Mercy, Lockport Memorial, St. Joseph’s, Sisters of Charity, and DeGraff Memorial.