Dr. Nadeem Pervez is qualified as a radiation oncologist from Ireland and Canada. He has worked in Ireland, Canada, and the Middle East at various academic levels. He served as radiation oncologist at Cross Cancer Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His clinical work includes treating cancer of various sites with emphasis on breast and prostate cancer. He was a prominent member of the Prostate Cancer Brachytherapy seed implantation treatment in Canada. He initiated Prostate Brachytherapy treatment in the Middle East. He co-chaired the breast cancer group in Alberta and contributed to the Alberta Breast Cancer Treatment guidelines.
Nadeem was involved in contributing to the Resident Training program and the Clinical Research Fellowship program in Radiation Oncology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He was awarded the best teacher award by residents to acknowledge his contributions. He oversees research projects from international fellows. His residents and fellows were later appointed to key academic, clinical and leadership positions across the world. He was invited as a scientific speaker in multiple countries.
Nadeem is actively involved in clinical research. He was able to secure multiple competitive research grants from awarding agencies. He was leading investigator, initiated studies and involved in multi-institutional cooperative group studies. He published multiple research articles in reputed journals. He served in institutional ethics committees, research funds granting agencies, medical student selection committees, oncology conference scientific committee and peer-reviewed several Oncology journals.