Allan Covens MD, LMCC, FRCSC

Dr. Allan Covens is the Professor and Chair of the division of Gynecologic Oncology at U of T and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center. He was the previous fellowship director for over 13 yrs. Dr. Covens obtained his medical degree with honors from the U of T in 1983. He attended the University of Western Ontario for a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the U of T/McMaster University for a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, which was completed in 1990. He is the author of over 140 peer-reviewed publications and the recipient of more than 32 scholarships and awards. He has been successful in obtaining over 33 peer-reviewed grants. He has presented over 200 abstracts at scientific meetings and given over 200 invited lectures around the world. He has served as a visiting professor over 29 times around the world at various academic universities. He has performed live surgery around the world and is on faculty at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya. He has participated in 16 textbooks in Gynecologic Oncology and has edited a DVD/book on laparoscopy in Gynecologic Oncology.

Dr. Covens chairs the Rare Tumour Cmte and is a member of the Gyn, cervix, and gestational trophoblastic cities of NRG. He has served as the vice president of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society and the co-chair of the cervical cancer task force for the NCI (US). Dr. Covens is on the Editorial Board for Cancer, and reviews articles for the Lancet Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer, Journal of Clinical Oncology, American Journal of Obstetrics, and Gynecology, Annals of Surgical Oncology, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and The Oncologist. His main interests and expertise include clinical trials, germ cell tumors, gestational trophoblastic disease, cervical cancer (innovative surgical approaches, sentinel lymph nodes, and fertility-sparing approaches), and radical and reconstructive surgical techniques in Gynecologic Oncology.