Dr. Melissa Wood

Biography

Melissa Wood raised in Calgary, Alberta, spent her childhood on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. She earned her BSc from the University of British Columbia and completed her Medical School education at the University of Alberta. Dr. Wood completed her General Surgery Residency at the University of Saskatchewan, and she participated in the Clinical Investigator Program, receiving an MSc in Surgical Science with Distinction from the University of Oxford. She pursued a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the University of Calgary and completed electives in Sarcoma Surgery in Milan, Italy, and Breast Oncoplastics in Bath, United Kingdom. Her elective practice encompasses a wide breadth of surgical oncology including general surgery, sarcoma, melanoma, skin cancer, complex gastrointestinal, colorectal oncology, breast cancer, oncoplastic breast surgery, hernias, endoscopy, and benign breast disease. She is a member of the Saskatoon Surgical Oncology Group, and her research interests include qualitative surgical outcomes, surgical education, quality improvement, and human factors. In her free time, Melissa enjoys walking her dog Singha along the river valley with her husband Patrice, as well as downhill skiing and cycling.

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