Michael D. Brundage, MD

Profile

Dr. Brundage is a Radiation Oncologist and professor of Oncology, and in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Queen's University. While frequently interfacing with both the NCIC Clinical Trials Group and the clinical setting of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, Dr. Brundage's research program resides primarily within the Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology at Queen's Cancer Research Institute, an applied research unit that he heads. Dr. Brundage has implemented the first Canadian Patterns of Care Study in prostate cancer radiotherapy. His work with psychologist Dr. Deb Feldman-Stewart addresses information provision and decision support for cancer patients. With regard to health-related quality of life (HRQL) and other patient reported outcomes (PROs), Dr. Brundage has worked to explore new methods of appropriately assessing and interpreting these outcomes in cancer clinical trials, as well as new ways of effectively communicating these outcomes to patients and clinicians.

Current Interests

• Patterns of Care studies
• Health services research in oncology
• Knowledge translation
• Quality of life and other patient-reported outcomes
• Interventions to promote appropriate system performance, including workforce planning and peer review
• Patient decision support

Publications

Dr. Brundage's publications are available on PubMed.