Dr Zahra Kassam MB BS, FRCPC, MSc, DipABLM, is a Radiation Oncologist at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at ...view moreDr Zahra Kassam MB BS, FRCPC, MSc, DipABLM, is a Radiation Oncologist at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto, Canada, specialising in the treatment of breast and gastrointestinal malignancies. Zahra received her medical degree from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in 1995 and completed her specialist training in Clinical Oncology in the UK. She undertook three years of additional clinical and research fellowship training in Radiation Oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada, with a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. She is a certified Lifestyle Medicine physician with the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and counsels her patients on dietary and lifestyle interventions to optimise outcomes after a cancer diagnosis. In 2019, she co-founded Plant-Based Canada, a non-profit organisation with the mission to promote plant-based whole food nutrition that is healthy and sustainable and which supports the well-being of the planet and all its inhabitants.view less