MD, FRCPC, MHA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Surrey
Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer – Surrey
Dr. Dan Le is a staff medical oncologist at BC Cancer specializing in breast, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system malignancies. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Faculty of Medicine at UBC and the Managing Director of the BC Cancer Medical and Dental Staff Association.
He earned dual Bachelor degrees in Life Sciences (BSc) and Commerce (BComm) at Queen’s University, as well as Master of Health Administration (MHA) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees at UBC. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency at UBC followed by his Medical Oncology residency and Breast Oncology Fellowship at BC Cancer.
Dr. Le has led numerous quality improvement and systems innovation projects over the last 15+ years including developing the Integrated Cancer Control Improvement Program (winner of the 2009 Excellence in BC Healthcare Award), northern BC’s first integrated breast health clinic, and key aspects of the Northern Cancer Control Strategy which led to the development of the BC Cancer Centre for the North. He was a Co-Principal Investigator on a pilot grant that led to the development of the BC Cancer After Breast Cancer Clinic, a nurse practitioner-led breast cancer survivorship clinic formed as a joint partnership between BC Cancer and BC Women’s Hospital.
Dr. Le continues to actively teach at the UBC medical school and is an award-winning researcher in the areas of quality improvement and breast cancer. He has been recognized with provincial and national awards including the 2012 Rising Star Health Service Award as well as the Pfizer Canada ASPIRE Breast Cancer Early Investigator Research Award.