Dr. Helen Tam-Tham
Positions
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine | Palliative Care
Member
Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute
Member
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Member
O'Brien Institute for Public Health
Affiliations
Clinical Assistant Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Oncology
Contact information
Web presence
Phone number
Office: 403.210.6472
Preferred method of communication
Administrative Assistant:
Katrina Li
Email: katrina.li@ucalgary.ca
Telephone: 403.210.6472
Background
Biography
Helen Tam-Tham, MD, PhD, CCFP(PC), is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Oncology at the University of Calgary. She completed her undergraduate, graduate, and medical school training at the University of Calgary, followed by her Family Medicine and Enhanced Palliative Care Residency Programs at the University of Toronto. Dr Tam-Tham has a comprehensive Family Medicine practice and is a Palliative Care consulting physician. She is also one of the attending palliative care physicians in the intensive palliative care unit at the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
Research
Areas of Research
- Palliative care, end-of-life care
- Symptom management
- Goals of care conversations
- Advance care planning
Dr Tam-Tham’s research focuses on improving healthcare service delivery, enhancing the provision of primary and specialist palliative and end-of-life care, evaluating and implementing clinical tools to enhance symptom management and serious illness conversations for people living with life-limiting diseases.
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