Laurie Elit

Dr. Elit is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at McMaster University.  She is a member of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the Juravinski Cancer Centre, in Hamilton, Ontario. 

She received her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1984 and her Fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1989.  She has completed a fellowship in Pelvic Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, in Philadelphia and a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Toronto in 1993. She completed her Master's degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University in 1995.

She is a member of the executive of the Gynecological disease site group for the National Cancer Institute Canada and Program in Evidence Based Medicine for Cancer Care Ontario. Her clinical and research interests involve a variety of women's health issues such as health services research and treatment decision-making in ovarian cancer and the management of CIN 1 Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 1 (abnormal cervical cell growth).