CCS adapting to COVID-19 realities to support Canadians during and after the pandemic
Dr Chen Fong
A radiologist by training, Dr Chen Fong is currently the Professor Emeritus of Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. He is also the Co-Chair of the Global Strategy Board of the Creative Destruction Lab; a platform of mentoring of young entrepreneurs. Dr Fong has 18 years of experience in the building of start-up entrepreneurial companies as well as participation in a number of philanthropic boards in healthcare.
Dr Fong holds an MD from University of Manitoba and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Calgary. He was invested into Order of Canada, inducted into Junior Achievement’s Alberta Business Hall of Fame and elected as Fellow of America College of Radiology.
Great progress has been made
Some cancers, such as thyroid and testicular, have survival rates of over 90%. Other cancers, such as pancreatic, brain and esophageal, continue to have very low survival rates.
