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Wallace L. Akerley
( out of 341 reviews )

Wallace L. Akerley, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

  • Clinic 1A, Thoracic

    801-213-4266
  • Wallace Akerley, MD is a medical oncologist with greater than 30 years experience as a principal investigator on numerous clinical research trials who actively cares for patients with lung cancer. He is the chairman of the Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), Director of the Lung Cancer Disease Center of Excellence at HCI and member of the NCCN's Steering Committee for Small Cell Lung Cancer Panel and NSCLC Panel.

    Specialties

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine - Primary
    Academic Divisions Oncology

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 341 reviews )

    The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.

    The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

    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.

    November 25, 2022

    The actual setup of our laptops failed so we had to use our phones.

    November 06, 2022

    Dr. Akerley was compassionate and knowledgeable.

    October 25, 2022

    The doctor(s) and the rest of the provider staff are the best anyone could hope to have. Medically they are at the top of their game, They truly care, they are helpful and they are compassionate

  • Wallace Akerley, MD is a medical oncologist with greater than 30 years experience as a principal investigator on numerous clinical research trials who actively cares for patients with lung cancer. He is the chairman of the Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), Director of the Lung Cancer Disease Center of Excellence at HCI and member of the NCCN's Steering Committee for Small Cell Lung Cancer Panel and NSCLC Panel.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Academic Divisions Oncology

    Research interests

    • Lung Cancer
    • Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
    • Radon
    • Clinical Trials

    Education history

    Fellowship Hematology/Oncology - Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Ctr. Fellow
    Oncology - University of Southern California Fellow
    Internship Internal Medicine - University of Southern California Intern
    Internal Medicine - University of Southern California Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Brown University M.D.
    Engineering - Boston University B.S.