MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
BC Cancer – Vancouver
Dr. Peixoto is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and a medical oncologist at BC Cancer, Vancouver Centre, specializing in gastrointestinal cancers. She completed her PhD in Oncology Universidade Nove de Julho, focusing on pancreatic cancer. She received her medical degree at Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas da Santa Casa de Sao Paulo in 2006, completed her Internal Medicine at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo and Medical Oncology Residency at Hospital Sirio Libanes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. She subsequently undertook a Gastrointestinal Oncology fellowship at BC Cancer- Vancouver from 2012 to 2014. Her research interests include molecular studies, outcomes-based research, and clinical trials in gastrointestinal cancers.