Natalie Coburn

Dr. Coburn is a surgical oncologist at Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Center with a clinical practice completely devoted to HPB and upper GI cancers. Following training at the University of North Carolina, Brown and Harvard, she completed her fellowship in HPB and upper GI surgical oncology at the University of Toronto. She has been on staff at the Odette Cancer Centre since 2004, and has served in many leadership roles including head of the division of general surgery (2012–2015), chief examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s surgical oncology fellowship examination (2016–present), a member of Cancer Care Ontario’s Program in Evidence-Based Care (2005–2018), and Clinical Lead for Patient-Reported Outcomes and Symptom Management. She now holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cancer Outcomes. Dr. Coburn’s research is focused on evaluating and improving the outcomes for patients who have GI tract cancers. She has led several major grants examining patterns of care for treatment of GI cancers within Ontario and the U.S., and has contributed internationally to guideline creation to improve processes of care.

Education

• MD, 1998, University of North Carolina, U.S.,
• Specialty training, 2003, General surgery, Brown University, U.S.,
• Master of Public Health, 2004, Harvard University, U.S.,
• Specialty training, 2006, Surgical oncology (hepatobiliary and upper gastrointestinal), University of Toronto, Canada,

Appointments & Affiliations

• Platform Director, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Professor, Departments of Surgery and IHPME
• Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cancer Outcomes
• Clinical Lead, Patient Reported-Outcomes & Symptom Management, Cancer Care Ontario