Lalan S. Wilfong MD

LaIan S. Wilfong, MD, is Senior Vice President Payer and Care Transformation at the US Oncology Network where he leads the payer relations, analytics, clinical services, centralized services, and transformation teams. Focusing on value-based care payment models, the team assists US Oncology Network practices in designing, evaluating and executing value-based care contracting focusing on patient care improvement.

Prior to this role, Dr. Wilfong served as Vice President of Value Based Care and Quality programs at Texas Oncology and led the launch and implementation of the Oncology Care Model. He also served as medical director of Texas Oncology's COVID-19 Task Force and was the physician lead for their electronic medical record conversion.

A committed advocate for community oncology, Dr. Wilfong's focus is transforming cancer care to deliver better outcomes to patients by aligning patient goals and values with treatment options. In his role at McKesson, his priorities are helping define the future of value-based care payment reform, improving patient/physician communications, enhancing end of life care, incorporating analytics into practice transformation, and improving patient satisfaction.

Dr. Wilfong previously led the Value Based Physician Champion task force for The US Oncology Network and served as chair of the US Oncology Pathways Task Force. He volunteers on the ASCO drug shortages task force and previously served on the quality measurement and guidelines committee. He also chairs the Community Oncology Alliance Payment Reform Committee. He has been honored to receive various teaching and community service awards.

In 2003, Dr. Wilfong completed a fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in hematology and medical oncology. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas in 2000. He earned his M.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas in 1997. He earned a B.S. degree in mathematics at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas in 1993.