About UPMC Whitfield Cancer Centre

UPMC Whitfield Cancer Centre is a joint programme of Euro Care International, an Irish healthcare infrastructure development company, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s UPMC Cancer Centers, the largest clinical network for cancer care in the United States.

UPMC Whitfield Cancer Centre addresses the need for radiotherapy services in the Southeast region, offering equal access to state-of-the-art treatment and imaging services for public and private patients. The Cancer Centre is built on UPMC’s “hub and satellite” model that links patients being treated at Whitfield to the expertise and technology available at UPMC’s Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of the top cancer centers in the United States.

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Dr. Dayle Jeremy Harold Hacking, specialist radiotherapist and oncologist, Whitfield Cancer Centre, received his medical degree at Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine, Zimbabwe.

After serving one year with the Air Force as a medical assistant, Dr. Hacking completed an internship in general surgery, internal medicine, and orthopaedics at Grey’s/Northdale Hospital Complex, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, where he also served as a medical officer. He then completed residencies in the department of surgery and department of radiotherapy and oncology at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Dr. Hacking is professionally-registered as a medical practitioner and a specialist radiotherapist and oncologist by the South African Medical and Dental Council, the General Medical Council (UK) and the Irish Medical Council. He holds a number of memberships with professional and scientific societies, and has authored several publications and presentations.