Sumit Gupta

Biography

Dr. Sumit Gupta joined the staff at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in 2014.  He is a Paediatric Oncologist in the Division of Haematology/Oncology. Dr. Gupta received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 2005. He then completed both a residency in paediatrics and a fellowship in paediatric haematology/oncology at The Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Gupta completed his PhD in Clinical Epidemiology (Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation) at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gupta’s main research goal is to identify and improve the outcomes of vulnerable subpopulations of children with cancer. To this end, he currently has two main lines of research.  The first involves using health administrative data to answer important clinical and policy relevant questions. Examples include building a detailed population-based database of all Ontario adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer, or identifying the mental health care use of childhood cancer survivors and their family members. The second involves collaborating with international partners to improve the outcomes for children with cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS). He is currently the Associate Chair of the upcoming Lancet Oncology Commission on sustainable pediatric cancer care, which will build an investment case for childhood cancer treatment in LMICS. He is also the chair of the unit for policy and economics research in childhood cancer (PERCC), with collaborations in multiple locations including Chile and Ghana. Dr. Gupta is also currently a member of the Children’s Oncology Group acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) committee and is the co-chair of the upcoming ALL Study ALL1731. 

Research Interest

Leukemia and lymphoma Health services research