Dr. Maureen Trudeau is a medical oncologist, specializing in breast cancer. She is currently Head of the Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and leads the Systemic Therapy Program at the Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook. She is an Associate Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
As co-chair of the Breast Cancer Disease Site Group in the Program in Evidence-Based Care of Cancer Care Ontario, Dr. Trudeau is involved in practice guideline development. She is the former Provincial Head of the Systemic Treatment Program for Cancer Care Ontario (January 2006 – December 2009), and was responsible for leading the development of indicators, guidelines and standards for systemic therapy in Ontario and for the dissemination and transfer of knowledge around these products.
Dr Trudeau's research interests include long-term survivorship and targeted neoadjuvant therapies in breast cancer. Her research has been published in many professional medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.