WELCOME to the Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

The Department of Oncology is a research-oriented clinical and basic-science department that provides a focus for cancer-related teaching and research within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. The Department is based at the Cross Cancer Institute (CCI), a tertiary cancer facility operated by the Alberta Cancer Board (ACB) that provides cancer services for northern Alberta .

The Department has seven academic divisions: Experimental Oncology, Medical Oncology, Medical Physics, Oncologic Imaging, Palliative Care Medicine, Radiation Oncology, and Surgical Oncology. There are 94 full-time members of the Department and 44 adjunct members.

Six of the Divisions are comprised of faculty members who are clinicians or service professionals in applied disciplines and one, the Division of Experimental Oncology, is comprised of basic scientists engaged in discovery and translational cancer research.

The Department offers postgraduate residency training in medical oncology, radiation oncology, palliative care medicine, and medical physics, graduate and postdoctoral training in experimental oncology and in collaboration with the Department of Physics in medical physics. An internship in clinical psychology is offered by members of Palliative Care Medicine in collaboration with the Department of Educational Psychology. A technical training program in radiation therapy is offered by members of Radiation Oncology, Medical Physics and Experimental Oncology.

Department Chair:

Dr.  Alexander (Sandy) McEwan

Room 2237, Cross Cancer Institute

Ph:    (780) 432-8320

Fax:  (780) 432-8425