Dr. Jonathan Spicer
- Assistant Professor聽
- Program Director, Advanced Thoracic and Upper GI Surgical Oncology Fellowship聽
BSc (Hon), MD, PhD., FRCS聽
Currently supervising students
- Periadjuvant therapy for operable lung cancer聽
- Translational lung cancer research聽
- Cancer immunology聽
- Clinical trials聽
鈥疕is clinical interests focus on minimally invasive approaches to lung cancer as well as complex resections for advanced thoracic malignancies. He has paired his clinical focus with a comprehensive research program in cancer metastasis. His laboratory studies the link between inflammation and metastasis with a particular focus on neutrophil and circulating tumor cell聽
Dr. Spicer was born and raised in Montreal and completed his Bachelor degree in Science at 海角社区. He continued his medical training at 海角社区 where he earned his MD, after which he moved to Vancouver and completed his surgical internship at the University of British Columbia. He returned to 海角社区 the following year and completed his general surgical training during which he participated in the Surgeon Scientist and Clinical Investigator programs as an FRSQ funded student and earned a PhD in Experimental Surgery.聽
Dr. Spicer completed his training in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the world鈥檚 largest cancer center 鈥� University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. His clinical interests focus on minimally invasive approaches to lung cancer as well as complex resections for advanced thoracic malignancies. He has paired his clinical focus with a comprehensive research program in cancer metastasis. His laboratory studies the link between inflammation and metastasis with a particular focus on neutrophil and circulating tumor cell interactions.聽
