Dawn L. Anderson

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor in Surgery and Oncology

Dawn L. Anderson
Contact Information
Email address: 
dawn.anderson [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
(514) 933-2778
Office: 
VM Med Medical C enter 1538 Sherbrooke West, Suite 1000 Montreal, QC H3G 1L5
Division: 
General Surgery
Hospital title: 
Divisional Director of Surgical Oncology, St. Mary’s Hospital
CTU Director, General Surgery, St. Mary’s Hospital
Degree(s): 

MD BSc(Med)

Location: 
St-Mary's Hospital
Clinical Interests: 

Breast and Thyroid cancer

Biography: 

Dr. Anderson grew up in Manitoba and completed her MD and BSc(Med) undergraduate research degree at the University of Manitoba. She then went to the University of British Columbia where she completed a General Surgical Residency and spent 5 years working in underserviced communities in rural BC. She then came to Montreal for a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at McGill, joining the McGill Departments of Surgery and Oncology as an Assistant Professor. Based at St. Mary’s Hospital, her clinical focus is on detection and treatment of Breast and Thyroid cancer, with a priority on collaborative care with Medical and Surgical Oncology colleagues enrolling patients in Clinical Trials. Keenly interested in Resident education, she is CTU Director at SMH as well as sitting on the Residency Program Committees for both General Surgery and Surgical Oncology.

Selected publications: 

Anderson DL : A community hospital multidisciplinary thyroid committee: establishment and early results. European Journal of Cancer (Suppl) Volume 3 number 2: 313-314, October 2005

Anderson DL, Prevost M : On-site cytotechnician screening improves efficient management of thyroid nodules. Poster ECCO 14 European Clinical Cancer Conference September 2007

Vuong T, Richard C, Niazi T, Liberman S, Letellier F, Morin N, Hu K, Anderson D, and Devic S : High Dose Rate Endorectal Brachytherapy for Patients With Curable Rectal Cancer. Semin Colon Rectal Surg 21:115-119, 2010 June

C. Pembroke, M. Yassa, C. Lambert, S. Meterissian, F. Tremblay, D. Anderson, J. Keyserlingk, V. Panet-Raymond and T. Hijal : A Single Pre-Operative Radiation Therapy (SPORT) Phase 1 Trial For Low Risk Breast Cancer. Poster presentation at ASTRO, October 2018

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