Natalie Rozanec

Canada

Biography

Natalie Rozanec is an Advanced Practice Radiation Therapist at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre in Newmarket, Canada. Her responsibilities include clinical care of patients seen through the Rapid Response Program, teaching family medicine residents and community care providers about palliative radiotherapy, conducting research aimed at improving the patient experience throughout the radiotherapy journey, and she is also involved in several leadership initiatives locally, provincially, nationally, and internationally. She is the co-chair of both the Provincial and International Advanced Practice Radiation Therapy Community of Practice, through which she hopes to foster collaborations aimed at improved access to radiation therapy and cancer care. Natalie graduated from the Medical Radiation Sciences Program at the University of Toronto/Michener Institute in 2009. She has been working at the Southlake Regional Health Centre since 2010, where she has worked both as a radiation therapist and clinical trials coordinator. In 2012, Natalie began working as an Advanced Practice Radiation Therapist, with a focus on palliation. She went on to complete her MSc. Advanced Practice (Radiotherapy and Oncology) from Sheffield Hallam University in 2018 and APRT(T) certification with the CAMRT in 2019.