Dr. Lesa Dawson is a Gynecologic Oncologist with more than 20 years of experience caring for women diagnosed or at risk of gynecologic cancer. She runs the VGH Gynecologic Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Clinic, which serves women across British Columbia. Her patients include both women who have gynecologic cancer and those who have hereditary predisposition such as BRCA,RAD51C/D and Lynch Syndrome. She has training in obstetrics, gynecology, oncology, cancergenetics, clinical epidemiology and menopause. Her current research includes is focused on cancer survivorship, equity in women’s health and population-based testing for hereditary cancer predisposition.. She is dedicated to the delivery of personalized care for high-risk women and management of cancer​ risk and premature menopause. She has funding from SSHRC, MSRF and CIHR.