Piotr Czaykowski, BSc MD MSc FRCPC

Dr. Piotr Czaykowski is an accomplished medical professional who has devoted his career to understanding and treating genitourinary cancer. He earned a bachelor of science in biochemistry and a doctor of medicine from the University of British Columbia, before completing an internal medicine residency in Calgary and a medical oncology residency and fellowship in Toronto. He worked as a medical oncologist with the British Columbia Cancer Agency – Fraser Valley Centre for five years before joining CancerCare Manitoba in 2002. Dr. Czaykowski has held various leadership roles, including chair of the genitourinary disease site group, director of the University of Manitoba medical oncology training program, chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Medical Oncology Exam Board and interim head of the medical oncology and hematology department at CancerCare Manitoba. He was appointed chief medical officer in 2015 and currently serves as the provincial specialty lead for oncology. He maintains a busy clinical practice in genitourinary oncology while fulfilling administrative responsibilities. He is an associate professor with the departments of internal medicine (section of hematology/oncology) and community health sciences at the Max Rady College of Medicine.