Dr. Popi Kasvis

PEI/PERT Advisor

Popi Kasvis is a Clinical Nutritionist/Dietitian at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal,  working within the multidisciplinary Cancer Rehabilitation Program (CAREPRO).

Briefly, her clinical duties include:
1) assessing patients for the presence of malnutrition and muscle loss,
2) creating a nutritional treatment plan to optimize nutritional status, and
3) managing nutrition impact symptoms.

Popi received a PhD in the Department of Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at Concordia University in Montreal. Her research is focused on the effect of early diet and exercise interventions on the health-related quality of life of patients with pancreatic cancer, undergoing both curative and palliative treatments. Popi has a keen interest in the use of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy as a way to improve the nutritional status and overall wellbeing of patients living with pancreatic cancer.