Dr. Sean Hassan

Biography

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Dr. Sean Hassan is a radiation oncologist at the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at the University of Calgary. He completed medical school and radiation oncology training in Sydney, Australia, followed by fellowships at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, where he was named Best Fellow and received a University of Toronto Residents' Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. His clinical practice focuses on hematological and gastrointestinal malignancies, with an emphasis on helping patients understand their disease and their treatment options. 

Dr. Hassan is the radiation oncology lead for hematological malignancies and consultant for the Alberta Bone Marrow Transplant Program. He serves on the executives of the Provincial Hematology and Gastrointestinal Tumour Teams, contributing to provincial clinical practice guidelines, and is the cancer centre's radiation oncology representative to the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) Hematology Disease Site Committee. His research centres on cutaneous lymphoma, as part of the Calgary Cutaneous Lymphoma Multidisciplinary Program, and on combining radiotherapy with radioligand therapy, work recognized with a Canadian Radioligand Therapy Innovation Award. He sits on the national governing committee of the Canadian Skin Lymphoma Network. Active in global oncology since residency, he is a member of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) IIDEA/Global Health Committee and the Calgary representative on the Canadian Global Oncology Network steering committee. He also contributes to resident education as a member of the University of Calgary Radiation Oncology Residency Program Competency Committee.