WilliamG.HockingMDFACP

Breast Cancer, Hematologic Oncology, Thoracic Cancer

Hematologist-Oncologist, Marshfield Clinic, retired

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I am a board-certified hematologist-oncologist, in practice for over 30 years, retired since 2017. After medical school at Tulane University, I received my internal medicine and heme-onc training at UCLA. I spent 5 years on the UCLA faculty, before moving to Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin, where I've spent the remainder of my career. My practice interests include breast and lung cancer and thrombo-embolic disorders. My research over the last 15 years has been in cancer screening, particularly related to lung cancer.

I have served as chair of Hematology-Oncology, Chair of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation Board and President/CEO of Marshfield Clinic and Chair of the Marshfield Clinic Health System Foundation Board.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1976 - 1979
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1973

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012

PubMed

823 citations
The national lung screening trial: Overview and study design
Constantine A. Gatsonis, Denise R. Aberle, Christine D. Berg, William C. Black, Timothy R. Church
Radiology. 2011-01-01
232 citations
Evaluation of the Lung Cancer Risks at Which to Screen Ever- and Never-Smokers: Screening Rules Applied to the PLCO and NLST Cohorts
Martin C. Tammemägi, Timothy R. Church, William G. Hocking, Gerard A. Silvestri, Paul A. Kvale
Plos Medicine. 2014-12-02
237 citations
Final results of the Lung Screening Study, a randomized feasibility study of spiral CT versus chest X-ray screening for lung cancer
John K. Gohagan, Pamela M. Marcus, Richard M. Fagerstrom, Paul F. Pinsky, Barnett S. Kramer
Lung Cancer. 2005-01-01

Journal Articles

Selection Criteria for Lung Cancer Screening
Tammemagi MC, Katki HA, Hocking WG, et al, NEJM, 2013

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