Radiation Oncology

Poon, IanMD, FRCPC

Ian Poon photo

Dr. Ian Poon
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M4N 3M5
Tel. (416) 480-4951
Fax  (416) 480-6002

Admin Assistant
Debbie Posner

Academic Rank

Assistant Professor

Professional Qualifications

BSc, Queen’s University
MD, University of Ottawa
FRCPC, Radiation Oncology

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
Radiation Oncologist, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre

Academic & Clinical Interests

  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for head and neck cancer
  • The use of PET in head and neck cancer
  • Prostate cancer IMRT

Current Research Projects

  • Concurrent chemotherapy and IMRT in advanced head and neck cancers
  • The use of inflammatory serum markers as a measure of radiation toxicity in head and neck treatment
  • A prospective cohort study to determine the sensitivity of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in detecting metastatic cancer in neck lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell head and neck cancer managed with primary radiation therapy (PET PREVENT)

Selected Publications

See current publications list at PubMed.