She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kennedy leads a clinical research program in patient-centred care in oncology with the main focus to develop, evaluate and implement strategies to improve patient care in terms of quality, safety and efficiency. Dr Kennedy has led several multidisciplinary initiatives that include development and implementation of a synoptic MRI report for rectal cancer across Ontario, a quality improvement project to standardize use of MRI, MCC, surgical and pathology techniques across Canada and a phase II study to assess the safety of using MRI to select “good prognosis” Stage II and Stage III rectal cancer patients for primary surgery.