Ashley Drohan, MD MSc FRCSC

Education

• Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship (University of Toronto)
• General Surgery Residency (Dalhousie University)
• Clinician Investigator Program (Dalhousie University)
• MSc Community Health and Epidemiology (Dalhousie University)
• MD (Dalhousie University)

Research Interests

 Health services research with a focus on the development and implementation of cancer care pathways and evidence based management strategies using big-data and administrative data-sets to inform data driven strategies to enhance cancer care on a population level. Additional interests include international collaboration to study rare cancers (retroperitoneal sarcoma and appendiceal malignancies). 

Memberships

• Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Canadian Association of General Surgeons
• Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology
• Society of Surgical Oncology
• Women In Surgery, Dalhousie University
• Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group

Select Publications

Drohan A,  Gronchi A. Next questions in the management of retroperitoneal sarcoma. Current Opinion in Oncology. 35(4): 301-308.

Drohan, Ashley E; Quan, May Lynn; Birdsell, Dale C; Xu, Yuan. (2023). Breast Cancer After Reduction Mammoplasty: A Population-Based Analysis of Incidence, Treatment and Screening Patterns. Annals of Surgical Oncology Open. 4(3)

Radaelli S, Baia M, Drohan A, Morosi C, Sangalli C, Colombo C, Callegao D, Fiore M, Gronchi A. (2023). Six Surgical Stages in the Resection of Primary Right Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma: A Standardized Comprehensive Approach. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 30(11)

Drohan A, Vidovic D, Barnes PJ, Giacomantonio CA, Helyer LK. (2022). Cutaneous Breast Cancer Metastasis is Effectively Treated with Intralesional Interleukin-2 and Imiquimod: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review. Frontiers in Oncology. 12

Drohan A, Melvin J, Murphy J, Giacomantonio C, Helyer L. (2021). Resolution of Metastatic Subungal Eccrine Porocarcinoma Treated with Intralesional Interleukin-2. Current Oncology. 28(1): 220-225.

Drohan A, Minor S. (2020). Prospective study of single-stage repair of contaminated hernias with the novel use of calcium sulphate antibiotic breads in conjunction with biologic porcine submucosa tissue graft. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 63(6)

Drohan AE, Hoogerboord CM, Johnson PM, Flowered GJ, Porter GA. (2020). Real-world impact of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: a population-based analysis. Current Oncology.