Sumit Gupta

Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto Canada

Sumit is the lead author for the Childhood Cancers chapter of Volume 6 (Cancer).  He is a staff oncologist with the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.  In addition to his clinical responsibilities caring for children with leukemia and lymphoma, Sumit's research interests revolve around describing and minimizing the health disparities that exist among children with cancer in low, middle and high-income countries.  He is currently the chair of the Registry Working Group of the Caribbean-SickKids Paediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Project, and a member of the SIOP Abandonment of Therapy Working Group.  He is also currently a PhD candidate with the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.