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Patient Rating:

4.9 out of 5

76 Patient Ratings
9 Patient Comments

William A. Dunson, Jr., M.D.

Specialties

Languages

  • English

Bio

Medical Director, Outpatient Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

William Dunson, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Medical Director of Outpatient Services at Huntsman Cancer Institute. In this role, he oversees daily clinic operations; evaluates and implements changes to improve patient, staff, and physician satisfaction; and works toward optimizing the multidisciplinary teams.

Dunson is also the director of Huntsman Cancer Institute's Acute Care Clinic and Internal Medicine Serivce. This same-day service is available for any of HCI's patients who are experiencing an acute problem such as chemotherapy side effects, nausea and vomiting, infections, or worsening of chronic issues such as high blood pressure. Dunson helps by assessing problems, providing treatment, and answering questions.

Locations

Schedule An Appointment Clinical Office Address
(801) 587-4251 Huntsman Cancer Hospital
HCI Outpatient Services
1950 Circle of Hope
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine - Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions General Internal Medicine
Board Certification American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)

Patient Ratings

The Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey.

Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

Likelihood of recommending doctor
4.9
My confidence in doctor
4.9
Time doctor spent with me
4.9
Doctor spoke using clear language
4.9
Doctor's effort to include me in decisions
4.9
Doctor's concern for questions & worries
4.9
Doctor's explanation of condition/problem
4.8
Wait time at clinic
4.5
Doctor's friendliness and courtesy
4.9

Patient Comments

Patient comments are gathered from our Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

December 31, 2012

Dr. Dunson is second to none!

December 31, 2012

good

November 12, 2012

The entire team was very friendly and helpful

November 06, 2012

excellent Dr. Just had to wait too long for him.

October 29, 2012

The concern of the provider is excellent and he is very detailed and easy to talk about what I was feeling. Easy to talk and the respect that he demostrated to me as a patient is also comfortable especially in this situations.

September 24, 2012

Excellent knowledge and medical skills, combined with compassion and ability to explain medical treatment.

August 27, 2012

Gave good advice and took time to go over actions to take

July 23, 2012

Words cannot describe! Dr. Dunson is the absolute best!! He is thorough, brilliant, and caring.

June 27, 2012

It was so nice that Dr. Dunson spent the time to make sure we understood what was going on, the tests and the results. There was also follow up to make sure I was taking the right medication. Dr. Dunson was great.