Debra A. Patt MD, PhD, MBA, MPH

Debra A. Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH, is a practicing oncologist and breast cancer specialist in Austin, Texas and an Executive Vice President of Texas Oncology with responsibilities in health care policy and strategic initiatives.

Dr. Patt has responsibility for breast cancer research in Austin and leads Texas Oncology’s multidisciplinary tumor boards for breast cancer.

As an expert in health care policy, Dr. Patt has testified before Congress to protect access to care for Medicare beneficiaries. She chairs the Council on Legislation for the Texas Medical Association and works to formulate responsible health care policy that improves the health of Texans.

She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Oncology Clinical Cancer Informatics and drives engagement in clinical informatics solutions to enhance health care. Her research is in clinical decision support, predictive analytics, telemedicine, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), tools for patient symptom management, and quality improvement.

Within Texas Oncology, Dr. Patt serves on the payer relations, marketing, telemedicine, strategy, policy, management executive, marketing, and revenue cycle committees.

She is the past-chair of ASCO’s clinical practice committee and served on ASCO’s nominating committee for the ASCO Board and the Conquer Cancer Foundation, as well as the health IT workgroup, EHR, technology, and data requirements workgroup, and guidelines committees.

Dr. Patt serves as the President of the Texas Society of Clinical Oncology and the Secretary for the Community Oncology Alliance. She serves locally on the Austin Healthcare Council and the Shivers Cancer Foundation Board. She formerly served on the Board of Komen and the Breast Cancer Resource Center.

She lectures medical students and is a Clinical Professor at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.