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Chana Korenblum

Primary Position
Staff physician at SickKids Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Assistant Professor at University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Education/Training
Other
Other Education/Training
Physician
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
Dr. Chana Korenblum is a physician specializing in psychosocial support for adolescents and young adults with/after cancer. Chana earned her BSc and MD at the University of Toronto, and completed a residency in Pediatrics and a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at SickKids, followed by a Psychiatry fellowship in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Psychosocial Oncology at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. She is cross-appointed as a staff physician at Princess Margaret and SickKids, and is an assistant professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include evaluating the effectiveness of psychosocial assessments and interventions in AYA with cancer.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
555 University Avenue
Toronto, ON
eMAIL
chana.korenblum@sickkids.ca
Publications of Interest

Virtual support groups in pediatric hematology/oncology during COVID-19: Lessons learned from the SickKids experience.
Kaka A, Shama W, Lucchetta S, Nishimura C, Cottingham D, Positano K, Markowitz S, Fung K, Yohan A, Horan R, Chin M, Jensen P, Chisholm L, Alexander S, Korenblum C.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Dec;68(12):e29378. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29378. Epub 2021 Sep 24.

Biopsychosocial Factors Associated with Supportive Care Needs in Canadian Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors.
Guirguis S, Fitch M, Maganti M, Gupta AA, D'Agostino N, Korenblum C, Jones JM.
J Clin Med. 2021 Jun 15;10(12):2628. doi: 10.3390/jcm10122628.

Letter to the Editor: Music Meet Up-Preliminary Results of a Novel Music Therapy Group Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer.
Samadi M, Avery J, Black S, Gupta A, Korenblum C.
J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2021 Jun;10(3):359-360. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2020.0181. Epub 2021 Jan 27.

Reimagining care for adolescent and young adult cancer programs: Moving with the times.
Gupta AA, Papadakos JK, Jones JM, Amin L, Chang EK, Korenblum C, Santa Mina D, McCabe L, Mitchell L, Giuliani ME.
Cancer. 2016 Apr 1;122(7):1038-46. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29834. Epub 2016 Feb 5.