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Bishal Gyawali

Bishal Gyawali MD, PhD

Medical Oncology
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Bishal Gyawali, MD, Ph.D. is an associate professor in medical oncology and public health sciences, and a scientist in the Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He received his medical degree from Nepal, Ph.D. from Japan, and a research fellowship from Boston and moved to Queen’s University in 2019 as a clinical fellow where he transitioned to Associate Professor in June 2021. Dr. Gyawali’s areas of academic interest include cancer policy, evidence-based oncology, financial toxicities of cancer treatment, clinical trial methods, supportive care, and global oncology. He is an advocate of “cancer ground shot“, a term he coined to imply that investment should be made in proven high-value interventions in cancer care that are easy to implement globally and affordable.

Dr. Gyawali’s research works involve health technology assessment impacting approval and funding decisions for cancer drugs, and cancer policy including a study of the economic consequences of cancer therapies and addressing disparities in cancer care. His research works have helped identify flaws in the design of clinical trials that do not benefit patients or lead to misleading conclusions and identify low-value cancer drugs. These are tied to policy issues that help prioritize high-value interventions for patients and help in the shared understanding of the risks and benefits of cancer therapeutics. He is passionate about educating patients and advocates, and improving outcomes for patients with cancer all over the globe equitably.

Dr. Gyawali is part of the editorial and advisory boards of multiple medicine and oncology journals including Cell, JCO Global Oncology, JCO Oncology Practice, and cancer, and has authored or co-authored more than a hundred peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Gyawali is the recipient of the 2020 ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation Global Oncology Young Investigator Award in Implementation Science. He was also awarded by the Government of Nepal with Young Health Researcher Award in 2020.
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