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Dr. Ipshita Prakash

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Oncology 

Dr. Ipshita Prakash
Contact Information
Email address: 
ipshita.prakash [at] mcgill.ca
Department: 
Surgery
Degree(s): 

MD, MSc, FRCSC 

Location: 
Jewish General Hospital
Graduate supervision: 

Currently supervising students

Group: 
Currently Recruiting
M.Sc. Students
M.Sc. Non-Thesis projects
Ph.D. Students
Research areas: 
Surgical Outcomes and Quality
Surgical Oncology
Current research: 

Cancer-related financial toxicity; Health care disparities; Healthcare behaviours research; Health services research; Global oncology (McGill Global Oncology Program) 

Areas of interest: 

Breast cancer; Rare breast tumours 

Biography: 

Ipshita Prakash MD, MSc, FRCSC is an assistant professor of surgery and oncology at McGill University and a breast surgical oncologist at the JGH Segal Cancer Centre in Montreal, Canada. She received her medical degree and completed general surgery residency at McGill University, her MSc in Healthcare Policy & Financing at the London School of Economics/London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and in 2020, completed a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Duke University. Her clinical and research interests focus on health services research, specifically breast cancer financial toxicity and disparities, as well as access to specialized care. She directs the McGill Breast Cancer Outcomes Group and is a founding member of the McGill Global Oncology Program. She is also part of the World Health Organization’s Global Breast Cancer Initiative to reduce global breast cancer mortality. 

Selected publications: 

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