Cassandra Townsend
Contact Information
Victoria Hospital
800 Commissioners Road East
London, ON N6A 5W9
Tel: 519.667.6582
Fax: 519.667.6820
Research Interests/Specializations
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Pediatric to Adult Transition in IBD
Young Adult IBD Care
Dr. Cassandra Townsend is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Western University. She completed her undergraduate studies in Physiology at Western University and then completed her Medical Degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dr. Townsend returned to Western University to complete her Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology training. She went on to complete an Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Fellowship at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom. She is currently completing her Masters in Evidence Based Health Care through Oxford University. She has a practice focused on IBD and is particularly interested in care of young adults with IBD. Her academic interests are focused in undergraduate medical education.
Selected Publications
Townsend CM, Lovegrove F, Khanna R, Wilson AS. Review article: paradoxical psoriasis as a consequence of tumour necrosis factor antagonists in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2022;66:4436-40.
Townsend CM, Khanna R, Wilson AS. A More Severe Non‐melanoma Skin Cancer Phenotype Is Seen in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Tumor Necrosis Factor‐α Antagonists. Dig Dis Sci. 2021;66:4436–40.
Townsend CM, Cepek J, Abbass M, Nguyen T, Parker CE, MacDonald JK, Feagan BG, Jairath V, Khanna R. Adalimumab for Maintenance of Remission in Crohn’s Disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020;5:CD012877.
Townsend CM, Parker CE, MacDonald JK, Nguyen TM, Jairath V, Feagan BG, Khanna R. Antibiotics for induction and maintenance of remission in Crohn's disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2019;2:CD012730.
Chande N, Townsend CM, Parker CE and MacDonald JK. Azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine for induction of remission in Crohn’s disease (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016;10:CD000545.
