Director of Cancer Research
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
Dr. Rebecca Auer is the Scientific Director for the Cancer Therapeutics Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She is a Surgical Oncologist specializing in Colorectal Cancer Surgery and Retroperitoneal Sarcomas at The Ottawa Hospital, a Professor in the Department of Surgery and the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Ottawa and the Director of Cancer Research at The Ottawa Hospital. Dr. Auer holds a Tier 1 Clinical Research Chair in Perioperative Cancer Therapeutics and leads a translational research program focuses on understanding the promotion of metastatic disease in the perioperative period, following surgical stress.