Dr. Scott Adams is a physiologist and scientist with >15 years of experience delivering and testing the effects of exercise-based interventions in people living with and after cancer. Prior to founding Cancer Fatigue Services, Scott was a scientist and the Exercise Lead of the Ted Rogers Cardiotoxicity Prevention Program at the University Health Network. He was the inaugural co-chair of the Cardio-Oncology Rehabilitation & Exercise working group of the International Cardio-Oncology Society. He completed his PhD at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta) and two postdoctoral fellowships at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) and the University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario).

As a clinician, he co-founded and co-led support services for people living with and after cancer. These include the Rehabilitation and Exercise Oncology Program (Jewish General Hospital (JGH); Montreal, Quebec) and ‘CancerFightClub’. Here, young adults with cancer across the JGH and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC; Montreal, Quebec) received exercise, emotional, and educational support in person and online. Dr. Adams was a member of the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Toronto, Ontario), the Hemato-Oncology tumor board (JGH), and the McGill Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program (MUHC).

As a scientist, Scott is extremely fortunate to have worked with top research teams within hospital, university, and community settings across North America. His research focused on understanding how to predict, identify, minimize, and treat some of the most common and debilitating side effects of cancer treatments like fatigue, and its major causes e.g. cardiovascular dysfunction, skeletal muscle injuries and emotional distress.

Over the past 15+ years, Dr. Adams time and again witnessed the power of exercise-based multi-disciplinary interventions to transform lives and restore hope for people living with and after cancer. For people living with greater levels of physical impairments and emotional distress, these interventions were life-changing.

Dr. Adams and the Cancer Fatigue Services team are ready to help you retake control of your energy and your life!

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Amy Gildner is a highly-skilled physiotherapist and healthcare leader with over 10 years of clinical practice experience. She completed her BSc (Honours) in Kinesiology at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and her MSc in Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto Physical Therapy program (Toronto, Ontario) where she holds an academic appointment (status-only).

Amy’s work as a private- and public-sector physiotherapist has provided her with unique insight into the distinct needs of underserved patient populations and motivated her action to address gaps in the Canadian healthcare system. She obtained her pelvic floor physiotherapy designation to help address the limited understanding of women’s pelvic health issues and the chronic pain associated with it. She has developed a focused practice and mentors new physiotherapists in this area. Similarly, Amy’s recognition of the inefficiency and care barriers created by the lack of communication between healthcare records prompted her to pursue her Health Informatics certificate at the Chang School of Continuing Education (Toronto, Ontario).

Building on her passion for advocacy, Amy worked in a leadership role at a multidisciplinary health clinic where she managed and oversaw business development (Clinical Director: Lifemark Health). Additionally, she supervised patient care for a healthcare technology startup specializing in reducing and treating workplace injuries (Clinical Director; Sarjan Health).

The specific combination of Amy’s clinical, educational, and advocacy experience has perfectly prepared her to be the Director of Clinical Services and Operations. Amy works hard both behind the scenes and directly with you to ensure your fatigue-related healthcare and support needs are met to the very best of our abilities!

Her primary concern is making sure every person entrusted to our care receives the personalized, timely and compassionate care they need to effectively address their fatigue and get back to living life on their own terms.

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