Christine Brezden-masley

Biography

Dr. Christine Brezden-Masley is a practicing Medical Oncologist and the Division Head of Hematology / Oncology at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and is the Head of the Oncology Clinical Research Group there.  She obtained her PhD in Medical Biophysics at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto and her Medical Degree from the University of Toronto. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. She is the founder of the COMET (Community Oncologists of Metropolitan Toronto) Clinical Trials Consortium, a web-based virtual network promoting cancer clinical trials throughout the Toronto Region.  She treats both Breast and GI (colorectal and gastric cancers) malignancies and these are the major areas of her clinical research.  Her main area of clinical research is cardiotoxicity from cancer therapy and is the Co-Chair of the annual Canadian Cardio-Oncology Network meeting, a collaborative national meeting improving cardiac heath in cancer patients. She is active in research, education and has been instrumental in the clinical development of the cancer program at St. Michael’s Hospital. Dr. Christine Brezden-Masley is a practicing Medical Oncologist and the Division Head of Hematology / Oncology at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and is the Head of the Oncology Clinical Research Group there.  She obtained her PhD in Medical Biophysics at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto and her Medical Degree from the University of Toronto. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. She is the founder of the COMET (Community Oncologists of Metropolitan Toronto) Clinical Trials Consortium, a web-based virtual network promoting cancer clinical trials throughout the Toronto Region.  She treats both Breast and GI (colorectal and gastric cancers) malignancies and these are the major areas of her clinical research.  Her main area of clinical research is cardiotoxicity from cancer therapy and is the Co-Chair of the annual Canadian Cardio-Oncology Network meeting, a collaborative national meeting improving cardiac heath in cancer patients. She is active in research, education and has been instrumental in the clinical development of the cancer program at St. Michael’s Hospital.

Research Interest

Her main area of clinical research is cardiotoxicity from cancer therapy