Rob Rutledge

Rob is a Radiation Oncologist, Associate Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University. His passion is helping people affected by cancer.

[CancerPEP @CancerPEPcom]

Some tips for reducing inflammation through food choice. 🌈 CancerPEP-we believe in empowering patients with knowledge and support. Explore our Patient Empowerment Program today - take control of your health journey. More at https://t.co/C9lKV1yYd2 🌟 #CancerPEP #KnowledgeIsPower

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

Celebrating a Successful GUROC 2024 Conference in Toronto! ✨
This year’s GUROC Conference was an incredible opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, strengthen existing partnerships, and establish exciting new collaborations. I’m thrilled to share some amazing updates:
📍 New Collaborations: We’re expanding our reach with new partnerships in North Bay, Thunder Bay, Victoria, Sunnybrook Toronto, and Manitoba.
📍 PC-PEP Growth in Quebec: Thanks to the incredible support from Tolmar, five new PC-PEP sites are set to launch in Quebec!
📍 Donor Appreciation: It was a pleasure to connect with REBECCA MORSE and Robin Hunter from Tolmar, whose generosity is instrumental in driving our mission forward.
📍 Site PI Engagement: It was equally wonderful to meet with several of our Clinical Site PIs, including those in New Brunswick and Newfoundland & Labrador, and to discuss the transformative impact of our programs.
This conference was a reminder of the power of collaboration and shared vision in advancing prostate cancer care and empowering patients. Thank you to all who made GUROC 2024 such a meaningful and productive event! Dalhousie University Dal Innovates Dalhousie Medical Research & Education
#GUROC2024 #ProstateCancer #PCPEP #Collaboration #PatientEmpowerment #CancerResearch #Gratitude @DalhousieU @DalEpidemiology @DalMedicine

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

Exciting Collaborations and Updates in Atlantic Canada November 22 2024!
Thrilled to share highlights from the Atlantic Collaboration for the Urologic Oncology Group 2024, organized by the incredible Dr. Ricardo Rendon under the Canadian Urological Association!

Our team proudly presented a doubling of our patient sample alongside groundbreaking work and projects that are already paving the way for exciting presentations by our urology residents at both the CUA and EUA 2025!
It's always inspiring to collaborate with our esteemed colleagues—urologists, radiation oncologists, and medical oncologists—across Atlantic Canada. Together, we're driving innovative research and advancing care in urologic oncology. 💙 @CanUrolAssoc

Here’s to even more progress and partnerships ahead! 💪 #UrologyResearch #CUA2024 #AtlanticCollaboration #UrologicOncology @DalhousieU @DalEpidemiology @DalMedicine

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

Reflecting on an Incredible Retreat with PictouCountyPEP last week-end! 🌿💪
What an amazing milestone for PictouCountyPEP, nearing one year since our collaboration began! This program is making a real difference for chronic disease patients in our community by promoting preventative healthy living habitsthat reduce the burden of chronic illness in Pictou County—an area with some of the highest rates of chronic disease in Canada.
Our recent retreat was a true celebration of wellness and connection, featuring:
✨ Stress reduction techniques
✨ Exercise sessions
✨ Transformative Qi-Gong practice
✨ Engaging, experiential sessions on nutrition and holistic mind, body, and spirit education
Not to mention an incredible plant-based menu that nourished us all! 🥗🍲
We’re so grateful to our Aberdeen Health Foundation funders for making this impactful initiative possible. Together, we’re building a healthier future for our county, one step at a time. 💙 Thank you Aberdeen Health Foundation for making this possible, to all volunteers and community ambassadors!
Here’s to continued collaboration and empowerment! 🙌 hashtag#PictouCountyPEP hashtag#ChronicDiseasePrevention @DalhousieU @DalEpidemiology @DalMedicine

[Canadian Urological Association @CanUrolAssoc]

Drs. @GabrielaIDr & @RobRutledgeMD discussing on how to empower patients through https://t.co/t6uaFr592r at #ACUOG24

[CancerPEP @CancerPEPcom]

Join us and have some healthy proteins this week! Learn more about one healthy protein: Butters! Learn more at https://t.co/C9lKV1yYd2 and take the first step towards empowerment. 🌿 #CancerPEP #PatientCare

[CancerPEP @CancerPEPcom]

Start celebrating your healthy habits! 🌟 Embark on a journey to empower yourself in the face of cancer. Introducing CancerPEP - Your Partner in Patient Empowerment. Discover more at https://t.co/C9lKV1yYd2 and take charge of your health today. 💪 #CancerPEP #Empowerment

[CancerPEP @CancerPEPcom]

We are deeply grateful for John Underhill, one of our program graduates and program mentor, for being so kind in joining us to our interview at Global today: https://t.co/3A9lIXyOXz
#CancerJourney #CancerPEP

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

A quick visit to Italy, Lake Como, where we met with potential collaborators around the world and sparked innovative avenues for opening PC-PEP in South Africa, Spain, Denmark and Sweden! A huge thanks to our collaborators from Tolmar! @RobRutledgeMD @DalEpidemiology @DalhousieU

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

On #NationalPhilanthropyDay, I am deeply humbled and grateful to have received the 2024 Public Impact Award at last night’s Discovery Awards, presented by the @DiscoveryCntr and supported by @_researchNS .

This recognition reflects the collaborative efforts of building communities of patient empowerment and active blue zones. This award belongs to everyone who has been part of this journey—patients, first and foremost, alongside clinicians, medical residents, budding epidemiologists, research staff, and generous supporters who share a vision of improving the lives of people diagnosed with cancer worldwide. Last night was truly special, filled with inspiration from the finalists and recipients who demonstrated the power of creativity, ingenuity, and hard work.

I was deeply moved to celebrate this event with members of our community, including several cancer support groups and patients.

Today, on #NationalPhilanthropyDay , I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to all our donors and funders. A special thank you to Frank and Debbi Sobey, whose creation of the @DalhousieU Soillse Prostate Cancer Research Fund laid the foundation for this work. I am also grateful to @_researchNS , @NSHealthHub , Aberdeen Health Foundation, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, @MovemberCA , @cancersociety , Tolmar, Bayer, Knight Pharmacy, Amgen, TerSera Therapeutics, and many others. The seeds they planted have grown into a thriving forest, transforming lives in Nova Scotia and beyond.

The journey of the Patient Empowerment Program (PEP) began as a vision to empower cancer patients and has since grown into a global movement, expanding to programs for all cancer types and showing promising results for chronic disease patients. This success would not have been possible without my incredible team: PEP co-author and Program Clinical Lead, @RobRutledgeMD , our International Project Coordinator, Cody MacDonald, and so many others—Markos Tsirigotis, Moody Louise,MD, Cassidy Bradley, Lia Massoeurs, Alexandra Nuyens, Tarek Lawen, Jesse Spooner,MD Wyatt MacNevin,MD, Charlie Gillis,MD, Josh White,MD, Ricardo RENDON, Greg Bailly, David Bell, our clinical and site leads both in Canada and internationally (e.g., @prostatenz - Te Kāhui Mate Pukupuku Repe Tātea o Aotearoa Manatōpū, Peter Dickens, Medisprof ), @DalUrology .

As we continue to build on this work—including the development of specialized programs for all cancers, chronic diseases, and, more recently, breast cancer—I feel so fortunate to be part of a team that is truly changing lives and creating communities of empowerment and healthy living.

Thank you to everyone who made this award and this journey possible. Together, we are transforming patient care. Stefan Leslie, Marli MacNeil, Laken Crowell , @DalhousieU @DalMedSchool @AndyFillmoreHFX @DalEpidemiology

[Rob Rutledge @RobRutledgeMD]

CancerPEP open to patients. For more information go to https://t.co/2Ipgj1o6rJ

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

Do you know anyone with a cancer diagnosis who is struggling? Please share with them this information. This program can make a real positive difference in their quality of life right now. For more information please visit: https://t.co/eQMNeFeXxL #DalCHE #DalFoM

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

https://t.co/g2d06b784s Phase 2 trial starting soon! #DalCHE #DalFoM #DalProud

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

Do you know anyone with a cancer diagnosis who is struggling? Please share with them this information. This program can make a real positive difference in their quality of life right now. For more information please visit: https://t.co/eQMNeFeXxL #DalCHE #DalFoM

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

In New Zealand opening PC-PEP to all regions throughout the country and pioneering an innovative international collaboration #DalCHE #DalFoM #DalResearch #DalUrology #Dalproud

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

News: PC-PEP an innovative prostate cancer survivorship quality of life intervention developed at Dalhousie University, which has been validated through a phase 3 RCT is now opened to New Zealand patients through PCFNZ! #DalCHE #DalFoM #DalResearch #DalMed ⁦⁦@DalVPR⁩

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

At PROSCA22 in Athens - presenting the results of our PC-PEP trials and engaging world collaborators for our phase 4 implementation trial. #PROSCA22 #DalCHE #Dalproud #DalMed

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

Dr. Achard, Radiation Oncologist from Switzerland, ahead of her talk at 1:30 pm this afternoon, in conversation with Canadian PC-PEP leads. #PROSCA22

[Petros Grivas @PGrivasMDPhD]

We should not forget the incidence & impact of mental & emotional distress, anxiety & depression associated with cancer diagnosis & therapies! We need to screen patients & act quickly to support them! @mirrorsmed #PROSCA22 @achoud72 @piet_ost @a_dalpra @mkmoutafi @OncoAlert

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

#PROSCA2022 - In Conversation with international partners on patient education and empowerment and the role of research and clinical care in delivering solutions to patients that make a tangible difference in their lives.

[Gabriela Ilie @GabrielaIDr]

So nice to be able to share the results of our #ProstateCancer patient empowerment studies over the past 6 years with colleagues and see everyone in person #DalCHE #DalRadOnc #DalMedicine #DalFoM