Dr. Erin Kennedy

Dr. Kennedy is a colorectal surgeon at Mount Sinai with a clinical interest in colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. She is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kennedy leads a clinical research program in patient-centred care in oncology with the main focus to develop, evaluate and implement strategies to improve patient care in terms of quality, safety and efficiency. Dr Kennedy has led several multidisciplinary initiatives that include development and implementation of a synoptic MRI report for rectal cancer across Ontario. This quality- improvement project aims to standardize use of MRI, MCC, surgical and pathology techniques across Canada and run a phase II study to assess the safety of using MRI to select ‘good prognosis’ stage II and stage III rectal- cancer patients for primary surgery.