Breast Surgical Oncology

Dr. Angel Arnaout, MD, MSC, MBA, FRCSC, FACS

Dr. Angel Arnaout is a Breast Surgical Oncologist at the Ottawa Hospital, Clinical Investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa. In addition to her clinical and scientific research interests, her passion as a surgeon is to aggressively treat breast cancer but with minimal side effects and cosmetic detriment, recognizing the importance of body image on the breast cancer patient. As such is also the pioneer in Oncoplastic Surgery in Ottawa; a new minimally invasive breast surgical technique that combines breast cancer surgery with plastic surgical techniques.

Fellowship training

• Breast surgical oncology, University of Toronto

Residency Training

• University of Toronto

Medical Doctorate

• Dalhousie University

Other Degrees

• Masters of Science, University of Toronto

• Masters of business administration, University of Toronto

Research Interests:

• Implementation of the latest surgical techniques in breast cancer surgery

• Development of strategies that facilitate greater access and timeliness of care for breast cancer patients

• Investigation of translational biomarkers in breast cancer

Dr. Erin Cordeiro, MD, MSC, FRCSC

Fellowship Training:

• Fellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, University of Toronto

Residency Training:

• Dalhousie University

Medical Doctorate:

• Dalhousie University

Other Degrees:

Master of Science, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toronto

Clinical Interests:

• Optimizing the treatment of high-risk benign breast disease

• Clinical epidemiology of breast cancer and outcomes of cancer treatment

DR. LISA FINDLAY-SHIRRAS, MBBS, MSc, FRCSC

Fellowship Training

• Breast Surgical Oncology, University of Ottawa

Residency Training

• University of Manitoba

Medical Doctorate

• University of Queensland, Australia

Other Degrees

• Masters of Science, University of Manitoba

Research Interests

• Breast Cancer

• Oncoplastic breast surgery

• Population and public health