Dr. Carol Townsley is a general practitioner in oncology. She is medical director of the After Cancer Treatment Transition Clinic at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Townsley provides medical management of long and persistent effects from cancer, coordinates ongoing therapy and surveillance tests according to current guidelines, and communicates to the patient’s primary care physician regarding the cancer survivorship plan and guidelines for follow up care. She is involved in a wide variety of research in breast cancer survivorship. One of her main interests is in fear of cancer recurrence and supporting breast cancer patients post diagnosis.