College of Medicine

Research Area(s)

  • Quality improvement in Gyn oncology
  • Immunotherapy in gynecologic cancer
  • Primary HPV self-sampling in underserved populations

About

A practicing engineer, Dr. Brown Broderick later shifted to medicine, graduating from the University of Alberta in 2009. Having completed her residency and fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of Ottawa, she practiced for 4 years in Rochester, NY before returning to Canada. A gynecologic oncologist in Saskatoon and assistant professor of oncology at the University of Saskatchewan, she currently directs several clinical trials as primary investigator, including Saskatchewan’s first in gynecologic oncology.

Teaching

  • Feb 2021 CME lecturer Division of Continuing Medical Education University Saskatchewan “Gynecologic Cancer Surveillance: Guidelines for the General Practitioner”
  • 2021-present  Undergraduate medical education lead for gyn oncology University of Saskatchewan
  • Faculty for Rochester General OBGYN residency program
  • Implemented first resident OSCE for Rochester General residency program, Lead examiner lead 2017-2020 (RGH)
  • Academic half day lecturer for all Gyn Oncology lectures 2017-2020

Clinical Interests

Surgical treatment of ovarian, uterine, cervical and vulvar cancers. Chemotherapy and immunotherapy in gynecologic cancers.

Research

Clinical Trials:

  • Principal investigator (Saskatoon Site)  for the Senticol Trial -International Validation Study of Sentinel Node Biopsy in Early Cervical Cancer (SENTICOLIII) NCT03386734 (Active)
  • Principal Investigator (Saskatoon site) CCTG ENC1/NRGGY018( Phase III randomaized placebo controlled study of pembrolizumab in addition to paclitaxel and carboplatin for measurable stage III or 4 a, IVB or recurrent endometrial cancer (Pending)
  • Principal Investigator (Saskatoon site) MK-3475-B96 PD 1 inhibitor in the treatment of patients with platinum resistant recurrence ovarian cancer (Pending)

Education

  • 2014-2016 University of Ottawa Post Graduate Medical Education, Fellowship FRCSC, Gynecologic oncology.
  • 2009-2014   University of Ottawa Post Graduate Medical Education FRCSC Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • 2005-2009  University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Doctor of Medicine,  Dean’s citation in medicine scholarship.
  • 1999-2001 University of Alberta, Edmonton,AB. MSc. (Thesis based) Process Control
  • 1998-1999 McGill University, Montreal Qc. Graduate work in Biomedical Engineering
  • 1994-1998 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Chemical), first division.

Selected Publications

  • Sebastian Leakos, Alicia Andrews, Omar Al-Nourhji, Madeline Fitzpatrick, Katelynn Campbell, C. Matthew Quick, Jennifer Brown Broderick, Mary Kinloch, “Biting off More than Expected: Unexpected Malignancies in Hysteroscopic Tissue Removal Systems”, ePoster accepted at GOC AGM June14-25, 2021
  • Laura Hopkins MD, Jennifer Brown-Broderick, MD; James Hearn, BMBS; Janine Malcolm, MD; James Chan, MD; Wendy Hicks-Boucher, RN; Filomena De Sousa, RN; Mark C Walker, MD; Sylvain Gagné, MD, Implementation of a Referral to Discharge Glycemic Control Initiative for Reduction of Surgical Site Infections in Gynecologic Oncology Patients, Gynecologic Oncology 146 (2), 228-233 , 2017
  • Jennifer Brown Broderick, Laura Hopkins, Shannen Macdonald, Wendy Hicks-Boucher, Janine Malcolm, Sylvain Gagne,  Reduction of surgical site infections in the gynecologic oncology population with a glycemic control initiative. Poster presentation,  June 2016, 36th Annual General Meeting Gynecologic Oncology Society of Canada