# Rebecca Auer

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## TL;DR

Cancer surgeon and scientist who leads research and innovation at The Ottawa Hospital and its research institute.

## Summary

Rebecca Auer is Executive Vice-President, Research and Innovation at The Ottawa Hospital and a Senior Scientist in cancer research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the not-for-profit corporation that fulfils the hospital's research mission. A surgical oncologist, her research examines how surgery promotes metastasis through the coagulation and immune systems and tests perioperative interventions, including low molecular weight heparin trials in colorectal surgery patients and oncolytic vaccinia virus therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. She has led multicentre trials funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; surgical-oncology; immunotherapy
- Role: Executive Vice-President, Research and Innovation, The Ottawa Hospital / Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- Specialisms: Surgical oncology; Perioperative cancer immunology; Oncolytic virus therapy

## Sources

- Source: OHRI organisational structure page: https://www.ohri.ca/en/who-we-are/organizational-structure

## Connected records

- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/)
- institutions: [The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre / Ottawa Hospital Research Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/ottawa-hospital/)
- journals: [Annals of surgical oncology](https://onco.cc/journals/annals-of-surgical-oncology/)

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