Gabrielle Kane, MB, EdD, FRCPC
Professor Emeritus
Overview
Dr. Kane is an expert in sarcoma and palliative radiation treatment. Dr. Kane was previously named the University of Washington Department of Radiation Oncology Vice Chair for Education and disease site lead for sarcoma. In 2010, she was appointed service chief of the UW Medical Center Radiation Oncology Center, and is a passionate supporter of patient-centered care, collaborative team work and quality improvement. Dr. Kane became a Professor Emeritus January, 2021.
Education and Training
College: University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1973
Medical Education: University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1975
Internship: Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide SA, Australia, 1976
Registrar in Psychiatry: St. Patrick’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1977
Residency: University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1996
Fellowship: University of Toronto, Department of Radiation Oncology, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1998
Doctoral: University of Toronto, Department of Theory and Policy Studies, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2005
Selected Publications from a Total of 35
Spraker MB, Nyflot M, Hendrickson K, Ford E, Kane G, Zeng J. A survey of residents’ experience with patient safety and quality improvement concepts in radiation oncology. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016 Dec 1. pii: S1879-8500(16)30295-8. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.11.008. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28462894.
Wei RL, Colbert LE, Jones J, Racsa M, Kane G, Lutz S, Vapiwala N, Dharmarajan KV. Palliative care and palliative radiation therapy education in radiation oncology: A survey of US radiation oncology program directors. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016 Dec 1. pii: S1879-8500(16) 30296-X. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.11.009. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28222994.
Kane G. Influences on the patient-physician relationship: No quick fix. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2016 Spring;36(2):138-9.
Novak A, Nyflot MJ, Ermoian RP, Jordan LE, Sponseller PA, Kane GM, Ford EC, Zeng J. Targeting safety improvements through identification of incident origination and detection in a near-miss incident learning system. Med Phys. 2016 May;43(5):2053. doi: 10.1118/1.4944739.
Mullen T, Nyflot M, Zeng J, Jordan L, Sponseller PA, Carlson J, Kane G, Ford EC. Interrater reliability of a near-miss risk index for incident learning systems in radiation oncology. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016 Apr 15. pii: S1879-8500(16)30031-5. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.04.002.
Van Hoof T, Grant RE, Sajdlowska J, Bell M, Campbell C, Colburn L, Davis D, Dorman T, Fischer M, Horsley T, Jacobs-Halsey V, Kane G, LeBlanc C, Lockyer J, Moore Jr D, Morrow R, Olson CA, Reeves S, Sargeant J, Silver I, Thomas DC, Turco M, Kitto S. Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Intervention Guideline Series: Guideline 4, Interprofessional Education. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2015 Fall;35 Suppl 2:S51-4
Van Hoof T, Grant RE, Campbell C, Colburn L, Davis D, Dorman T, Fischer M, Horsley T, Jacobs-Halsey V, Kane G, LeBlanc C, Moore Jr DE, Morrow R, Olson CA, Silver I, Thomas DC, Turco M, Kitto S. Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Intervention Guideline Series: Guideline 2, Practice Facilitation. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2015 Fall;35 Suppl 2:S55-9.
Van Hoof T, Grant RE, Miller NE, Bell M, Campbell C, Colburn L, Davis D, Dorman T, Horsley T, Jacobs-Halsey V, Kane G, LeBlanc C, Lockyer J, Moore Jr D, Morrow R, Olson CA, Silver I, Thomas DC, Kitto S. Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Intervention Guideline Series: Guideline 1, Performance Measurement and Feedback. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2015 Fall;35 Suppl 2:S65-9.
Novak A, Nyflot M, Ermoian R, Jordan L, Sponseller P, Kane G, Ford E, Zeng J. Targeting Safety Improvements through Identification of Incident Origination and Detection in a Near-Miss Incident Learning System. Med Phys. 2016 May;43(5):2053. doi: 10.1118/1.4944739.
Richard P, Phillips M, Smith W, Davidson D, Kim EY, Kane G. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of IMRT versus 3DCRT for Preoperative Treatment of Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Feb 6. pii: S0360-3016(16)00119-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.02.005.