Dr. Pamela Catton, 2014 Margaret Hay Edwards Achievement Medal Recipient

2014 Margaret Hay Edwards Achievement Medal Recipient

Pamela Catton, MD, MHPE, FRCPC
Director of Cancer Education, University Health Network
Medical Director of Cancer Survivorship and Patient Education, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Vice Chair of Education, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Dr. Pamela Catton is a radiation oncologist who treats breast cancer as well as a teacher and education researcher. She is the Director of Cancer Education at the University Health Network, as well as the Medical Director of Cancer Survivorship and Patient Education at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. She is Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto where she  also holds the position of Vice Chair of Education. She holds the Butterfield/Drew Chair in Breast Cancer Survivorship research. She is known as an innovator in education and has made significant contributions to the field of cancer education for patients, students, physicians-in-training, and health care practitioners. She is the PI of an innovative centre supporting survivorship research, called ELLICSR, the Electronic Living Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Cancer Survivorship Research. This collaborative centre for health wellness and cancer survivorship research brings clinicians, researchers, educators and patients together in novel ways to revolutionize the cancer experience.

The Advisory Committee is delighted to honor Dr. Catton with the Margaret Hay Edwards Award for 2014.