Dr. Durado Brooks is the Associate Chief Medical Officer for the Screening Business Unit of Exact Sciences Corporation, a position he assumed in October 2020. In this role he: provides medical insights to product discovery, development; works across multidisciplinary teams within the organization to contribute to the design, conduct, and reporting of innovative research; serves as liaison for scientifically driven engagements. Dr. Brooks also works closely with Exact Sciences’ Health Equity Team on strategic outreach and collaboration designed to increase cancer screening and improve outcomes in vulnerable populations.
Prior to joining Exact Sciences Dr. Brooks spent 20 years with the American Cancer Society’s national headquarters. During his tenure at ACS Dr. Brooks served in a variety of positions with steadily increasing areas of responsibility, culminating in the role of Vice President of Prevention and Early Detection. Throughout his ACS career Dr. Brooks worked to increase access to high quality prevention and screening and to decrease cancer-related inequities through the design, implementation and evaluation of cancer prevention and early detection programs at the national, state and local levels.
A graduate of the Ohio State University and the Wright State University School of Medicine, Dr. Brooks completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at Wright State’s Affiliated Hospitals in Dayton, Ohio, and a fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He provided primary care and served as medical director for community health centers in Dayton and in the Community Oriented Primary Care Program at Parkland Memorial Hospital in his current hometown of Dallas, Texas.
After completing the Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in 1999 he served as a Senior Health Policy Intern in the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for one year, prior to joining ACS.
Dr. Brooks was a 2015 recipient of the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Laurel Award for National Leadership in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection.
The opportunity to hold in-depth, candid conversations with high-level policymakers is a unique and valuable aspect of the fellowship. In addition, the rapidly growing network of former fellows, many of whom have moved into important roles in the pubic and private sectors, has already proven to be a tremendous resource.