Dr. Timothy Gilligan is a medical oncologist, Vice-Chair for Education, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute. He specializes in cancers of the testicles, kidneys, prostate and bladder. Dr. Gilligan is Director of Coaching at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Excellence in Healthcare Communication, and co-editor of the book Communication the Cleveland Clinic Way. At Cleveland Clinic and other hospitals and at national and international conferences, he teaches communication skills, team-building, and coaching, and trains others to teach communication skills. Dr. Gilligan works on quality of care and clinical practice guidelines with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the National Cancer Institute, and chairs the testis cancer panel for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). He helps teach the ASCO Quality Training Program and co-chairs the ASCO panel writing guidelines on patient-physician communication. He speaks regularly at national oncology meetings and board review courses and urological cancers and healthcare communication.

Dr. Gilligan graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He trained in internal medicine and medical oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He completed the American Academy on Communication in Healthcare three-year faculty training program and is a member of their faculty. He also completed the OncoTalk Teach program.