Dr. Rodney Breau is a Surgical Oncologist, Professor of Urology at The University of Ottawa, and Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He attended medical school at Dalhousie University and urology residency at the University of Ottawa. He completed his Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Mayo Clinic and received a Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research from Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education.
Dr. Breau leads several clinical trials in urologic oncology and transfusion medicine and has authored over 200 publications on these topics. He is the Chair a large national cohort of patients with Kidney Cancer (CKCis) and the Chair of the Canadian Urology Association Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Breau RH, Lavallée LT, Cagiannos I, Momoli F, Bryson GL, Kanji S, Morash C, Turgeon AF, Zarychanski R, Houston BL, McIsaac DI, Mallick R, Knoll GA, Kulkarni G, Izawa J, Saad F, Kassouf W, Fradet V, Rendon R, Shayegan B, Fairey A, Drachenberg DE, Fergusson D. Tranexamic Acid During Radical Cystectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2024 Dec 1;159(12):1355-1363. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.4183. PMID: 39356537; PMCID: PMC11447623.
Houston BL, McIsaac DI, Breau RH, Andrews M, Avramescu S, Bagry H, Balshaw RF, Daya J, Duncan K, Harle C, Jacobsohn E, Kerelska T, McIsaac S, Ramsay T, Saha T, Perelman I, Recio A, Solvason D, Szoke D, Tenenbein M, Fergusson DA, Zarychanski R. Hospital policy of tranexamic acid to reduce transfusion in major non-cardiac surgery (TRACTION): protocol for a phase IV randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024 Jun 3;14(6):e084847. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084847. PMID: 38830735; PMCID: PMC11149158.
Lowrance WT, Breau RH, Chou R, Chapin BF, Crispino T, Dreicer R, Jarrard DF, Kibel AS, Morgan TM, Morgans AK, Oh WK, Resnick MJ, Zietman AL, Cookson MS. Advanced Prostate Cancer: AUA/ASTRO/SUO Guideline PART I. J Urol. 2021 Jan;205(1):14-21. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000001375. Epub 2020 Sep 22. PMID: 32960679.
Nayak AL, Flaman AS, Mallick R, Lavallée LT, Fergusson DA, Cagiannos I, Morash C, Breau RH. Do androgen-directed therapies improve outcomes in prostate cancer patients undergoing radical prostatectomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Can Urol Assoc J. 2021 Aug;15(8):269-279. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.7041. PMID: 33443481; PMCID: PMC8418268.
Breau RH, Fergusson DA, Knoll G, McAlpine K, Morash C, Cnossen S, Lavallée LT, Mallick R, Finelli A, Jewett MAS, Leibovich BC, Cook JA, Kapoor A, Pouliot F, Izawa J, Rendon R, Cagiannos I. Hypothermia During Partial Nephrectomy for Patients with Renal Tumors: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Urol. 2021 May;205(5):1303-1309. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000001517. Epub 2020 Dec 21. PMID: 33347776.
