Dr. Rakovitch is a radiation oncologist with an active clinical practice and research program focused on breast cancer. The primary goal of her research program is to improve the care and
outcomes of women with an early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). She attended medical school and completed her residency training in Radiation Oncology at the
University of Toronto. She completed a two year research fellowship at the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University in New York City and then returned to Toronto to
complete Master’s in Science in Clinical Epidemiology and joined the staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre where she remains until today.
She is a Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto and an Adjunct Senior Scientist at ICES. She is the L.C. Campbell Chair
in Breast Cancer Research at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and is the Program Research Director of the Odette Cancer Program. She is the co-chair of the Canadian Clinical
Trials Group Breast Cancer Executive, which leads and contributes to clinical trials improving the treatment of breast cancer. She is dedicated to improving the management of DCIS and to
teaching students, residents and fellows across the educational spectrum.