Medical Oncology
Dr. Daniel Heng, Division Head
The Tom Baker Cancer Centre currently has 27 medical oncologists, 10 clinical associates, 4 clinical assistants and a full residency and subspecialty fellowship program. We provide all medical oncology services to the City of Calgary and its surroundings. We are excited to teach the future generation of oncologists, perform cutting-edge research, and continue to grow our faculty. We are home to many medical oncology initiatives which include the:
- Precision Oncology Experimental Therapeutics (POET) program which makes next-generation sequencing and tumor molecular rounds available.
- Oncology Outcomes (O2) collaboration harnessing our real-world evidence capabilities with provincial-wide databases (www.oncoutcomes.com).
- International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC) which is the world’s largest multicenter multitherapy database of metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients (www.IMDConline.com).
Medical Oncologists have a number of leadership roles within the Department of Oncology and Provincial cancer system. We also have several oncologists that lead tumor groups locally and provincially.
Dr Nimira Alimohamed: Program Director, Medical Oncology Residency Training Program, TBCC GU Tumor Group Leader
Dr Gwyn Bebb: Executive Director, Precision Oncology Experimental Therapeutics (POET)
Dr Cindy Card: Director of Medical Oncology Trainee Experiences
Dr Doreen Ezeife: Provincial Lung Tumor Group Leader
Dr Jan-Willem Henning: Chair, Systemic Therapy Committee
Dr Safiya Karim: Program Director, Medical Oncology Fellowships
Dr Richard Lee-Ying: TBCC GI Tumor Group Leader
Dr Sasha Lupichuck: Medical Director, High Risk Breast Cancer Program
Dr Jose Monzon: Medical Leader, Clinical Research Unit
Dr Nancy Nixon: TBCC Breast Tumor Group Leader
Dr Gloria Roldan: Director, General Practitioners in Oncology Training Program
Dr Dean Ruether: Medical Director, Community Oncology CancerCare Alberta
Dr Douglas Stewart: Medical Director, Cancer Care Strategic Clinical Network
Dr Vincent Tam: Director, Education
We have an extensive array of clinical trials available to our patients including Phase I, industry, cooperative group and investigator-initiated trials. We are NRG and CCTG designated centres. We have an extensive training program, successful publication records and peer reviewed funding. We aim to be a state of the art academic centre as we move into our new cancer centre.
Education Programs
Medical Oncology Residency is one of 8 Oncology Training Programs available through the Department of Oncology, University of Calgary. All are accredited by the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, the most recent review being in February 2009. Applications to our Medical Oncology Training Program are welcome (contact Dr Nimira Alimohamed).
Our Subspecialty Fellowship program has seen tremendous growth. Applicants are encouraged to contact the following fellowship directors directly.
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (GI) Patricia.Tang@ahs.ca MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (GI – Hepatobiliary) Vincent.Tam@ahs.ca
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (GU) Daniel.Heng@ahs.ca
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (Health Services Research/Real World Evidence) Winson.Cheung@ahs.ca
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (Other Sites) Safiya.Karim@ahs.ca
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (Cancer Immunotherapy and Cutaneous) Tina.Cheng@ahs.ca
International Medical Graduates are provided with supervised graduated clinical experience in Oncology inpatient floors, to enhance their integration into Canadian practice. This is through our Clinical Assistants program. We value our clinical assistants and most of them have obtained residency training program positions. Those interested can contact Tracy.Keith@ahs.ca.