Ophira Ginsburg MSc, MD, FRCPC

Ophira Ginsburg, MD, has joined New York University (NYU) Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center as Director of its new High-Risk Program, which identifies, studies, and cares for patients with hereditary syndromes that increase cancer risk. Ginsburg also holds a faculty appointment in the medical center’s Department of Population Health.

Dr. Ginsburg earned her medical degree from Queen’s University. She completed her residency training in internal medicine and medical oncology at the University of Toronto and served a postdoctoral fellowship in epidemiology and statistics at the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer at the Ontario Cancer Institute. She has published widely on cancer genetics, breast cancer epidemiology, and global cancer control.