Christopher S. Lathan

Christopher S. Lathan, MD, MS, MPH, is Dana-Farber's Chief Clinical Access and Equity Officer. He is also associate medical director of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Network, and assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lathan's primary research interests are centered on the effects of race, class, and access to care in cancer outcomes, including racial disparities in lung cancer treatment, differences in access to precision medicine by race and social class, and equitable distribution of new treatment across vulnerable populations.

Dr. Lathan aims to bridge the gap between research efforts in disparities and the realities of patient care by developing interventions to increase access to high quality care, developed in part through community engagement. He remains a clinical oncologist focusing on lung cancer patients and is the founding director of Dana-Farber's Cancer Care Equity Program, a clinical outreach program that aids in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer for patients at Federally Qualified Health Centers. He is also the associate director of the Dana-Farber Network, with a focus on the accessibility of clinical trials.