Brock Debenham, MD, FRCPC, DABR

About

I completed my MD and residency in radiation oncology at the University of Alberta. I completed a fellowship in brachytherapy and intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) under Dr Louis Harrison at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City. I have served as program director for the radiation oncology residency program, as well as the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs for the MD program.  I have been Section Chief of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Cross Cancer Institute since August 2024.

Awards Received

1. Professional Mentorship Award, Division of Radiation Oncology, 2024
2. Medical Student Clinical Teaching Award, Division of Radiation Oncology, 2023
3. Professional Mentorship Award, Division of Radiation Oncology, 2023
4. Highest accrual to clinical trials, Division of Radiation Oncology, 2019
5. Clinical Teaching Award, Division of Radiation Oncology, 2018
6. Highest accrual to cooperative group trials, Division of Radiation Oncology, 2016
7. Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for contributions to medicine
8. RJS (Robert) and Ada Maude Wright Memorial Prize in Radiation Oncology
9. Young Investigator of the Year Award, MASCC/ISOO International Symposium
10. Canadian Medical Association Award for Young Leaders - Resident Category
11. Laurence Decore Award for Student Leadership, University of Alberta
12. George Grover Leadership Scholarship, University of Alberta
13. Dr. Ray & Gloria Rajotte Leadership Scholarship in Medicine, University of Alberta
14. T4K Undergraduate Leadership Scholarship, University of Alberta

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Teaching

I serve as the Division Director for Radiation Oncology in the Department of Oncology. I have previously served as the Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs, for the MD program, and as residency program director for the radiation oncology residency program.

Courses Lectured (including topic):

• ONCOL 254
  • Diagnostic Tools
  • Introduction to Surgery 1 & 2
  • Systemic Therapy
• ONCOL 306
  • Weekly lectures in contouring the various tumor sites
• Dental Hygiene program
  • Head and neck cancer
• Surgical Foundations
  • Introduction to radiation oncology
• MED 525
  • Introduction to radiation oncology
• PHARM 467
  • Introduction to radiation oncology

Louie A.V., Granton P.V., Fairchild A., Bezjak A., Gopaul D., Mulroy L., Brade A., Warner A., Debenham B., Bowes D., Kuk J., Sun A., Hoover D., Rodrigues G.B., Palma D.A.

JAMA Oncology. 2022 April; 8 (4):1-7 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.7664

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Wang M.H., Loewen S.K., Giuliani M., Fairchild A., Yee D., Debenham B.J.

JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION. 2022 February; 37 (1):155-162 10.1007/s13187-020-01799-x

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International Journal of Radiation Oncology� Biology� Physics. 2021 October; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.05.159

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International Journal of Radiation Oncology� Biology� Physics. 2021 October; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.05.183

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Wang M.H., Loewen S.K., Giuliani M., Fairchild A., Yee D., Debenham B.J.

JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION. 2021 October; 36 (5):933-940 10.1007/s13187-020-01717-1

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Kim B., Kirkby C., Semaka A., Debenham B., Campbell T.

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. 2021 June; 52 (2):191-197 10.1016/j.jmir.2021.02.004

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Sabiq F., Huang K., Patel A., Banerjee R., Debenham B., Lau H., Skarsgard D., Chen G., Lysack J.T., Quon H.C.

HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 2021 June; 43 (6):1854-1863 10.1002/hed.26657

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Fung A.S., Afzal A.R., Banerjee R., Debenham B., Hao D.

HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 2021 January; 43 (1):153-163 10.1002/hed.26469

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Al Balushi M., Ghosh S., Debenham B.

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. 2020 December; 51 (4):617-623 10.1016/j.jmir.2020.09.007

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International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics. 2020 November; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2287

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International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics. 2020 November; 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1415

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Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2020 September;

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