Alexander (Sandy) J.B. McEwan, MBBS, FRCPC
Sandy McEwan is a Nuclear Medicine physician and Director of Oncologic Imaging at the Cross Cancer Institute, and Associate Director - Research of the Cross Cancer Institute. He also is Professor and Chair of the Department of Oncology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He attended Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London, England, graduating in 1975. He obtained his M.Sc. in Nuclear Medicine also from University of London in 1981, and FRCPC in Nuclear Medicine in 1986. After serving as Medical Officer in the Royal Navy and as Registrar in Oncology in Auckland, New Zealand and senior registrar in Nuclear Medicine at Southampton General Hospital, U.K., he emigrated to Canada in 1986. He was Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging at the University from 1992 to 1999.
In addition to his leadership duties and administrative, teaching and clinical activities, Dr. McEwan is Past President of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and is active on many committees with this organization. He was instrumental in establishing the Society’s Clinical Trials Network, and is a leader of the Canadian Molecular Imaging Network. His research interests include radioisotope therapy and very low dose rate radiation effects, clinical trial development of novel molecular imaging agents and imaging biomarkers, and the translation of imaging biomarkers into clinical practice.
Dr. McEwan has been instrumental in the development of the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Programme at the Cross Cancer Institute, raising grant funding and donations of approximately $18 M for this project. He has over 100 publications and is frequently invited to speak at international meetings.