Camilla Zimmermann, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4889-0244
Keywords: palliative care, quality of life, health services research, psychosocial oncology, randomized controlled trials, mixed methods
Our research team is studying theoretical, empirical and methodological aspects of measuring the effectiveness of specialized palliative care. This involves developing and testing potential models for the provision of palliative care, as well as validating existing measures of palliative care effectiveness and creating new ones. A particular focus is the early involvement of palliative care services in the outpatient setting. This research is funded by the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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Symptom Assessment in Patients with Advanced Cancer: Are the Most Severe Symptoms the Most Bothersome?
J Palliat Med. 2019 May 07;:
Li B, Mah K, Swami N, Pope A, Hannon B, Lo C, Rodin G, Le LW, Zimmermann C
Trends in site of death and health care utilization at the end of life: a population-based cohort study.
CMAJ Open. 2019 Apr-Jun;7(2):E306-E315
Hill AD, Stukel TA, Fu L, Scales DC, Laupacis A, Rubenfeld GD, Wunsch H, Downar J, Rockwood K, Heyland DK, Sinha SK, Zimmermann C, Gandhi S, Myers J, Ross HJ, Kozak JF, Berry S, Dev SP, La Delfa I, Fowler RA
Emotion And Symptom-focused Engagement (EASE): a randomized phase II trial of an integrated psychological and palliative care intervention for patients with acute leukemia.
Support Care Cancer. 2019 Apr 17;:
Rodin G, Malfitano C, Rydall A, Schimmer A, Marmar CM, Mah K, Lo C, Nissim R, Zimmermann C
Thromboprophylaxis for inpatients with advanced cancer in palliative care settings: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.
Palliat Med. 2019 Mar 01;:269216319830860
Cai R, Zimmermann C, Krzyzanowska M, Granton J, Hannon B
Comparison of Palliative Care Interventions for Cancer versus Heart Failure Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a Systematic Review.
J Palliat Med. 2019 Feb 14;:
Bannon M, Ernecoff NC, Dionne-Odom JN, Zimmermann C, Corbelli J, Klein-Fedyshin M, Arnold RM, Schenker Y, Kavalieratos D
Attachment security and existential distress among patients with advanced cancer.
J Psychosom Res. 2019 Jan;116:93-99
Vehling S, Tian Y, Malfitano C, Shnall J, Watt S, Mehnert A, Rydall A, Zimmermann C, Hales S, Lo C, Rodin G
Measuring the quality of dying and death in advanced cancer: Item characteristics and factor structure of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire.
Palliat Med. 2018 Dec 18;:269216318819607
Mah K, Hales S, Weerakkody I, Liu L, Fernandes S, Rydall A, Vehling S, Zimmermann C, Rodin G
Pain in patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed acute leukemia.
Support Care Cancer. 2018 Dec 08;:
Shaulov A, Rodin G, Popovic G, Caraiscos VB, Le LW, Rydall A, Schimmer AD, Zimmermann C
Where and How We Die.
J Palliat Med. 2018 Nov;21(11):1542-1543
Zimmermann C
Integration of oncology and palliative care: a Lancet Oncology Commission.
Lancet Oncol. 2018 Oct 17;:
Kaasa S, Loge JH, Aapro M, Albreht T, Anderson R, Bruera E, Brunelli C, Caraceni A, Cervantes A, Currow DC, Deliens L, Fallon M, Gómez-Batiste X, Grotmol KS, Hannon B, Haugen DF, Higginson IJ, Hjermstad MJ, Hui D, Jordan K, Kurita GP, Larkin PJ,...

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Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Head, Division of Palliative Care, University Health Network