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Name	Professor Peter Gibbs
Biography	Peter Gibbs is a clinician researcher with a focus on colorectal cancer. He is a senior medical oncologist at the Western Hospital and a laboratory head at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. He leads clinical and laboratory research programs, with a particular focus on colorectal cancer biomarker studies with the aim of further personalising the treatment approach for each patient. He is co-leading multiple randomised studies of ctDNA as a marker of minimal residual disease and has initiated studies exploring how organoid testing can inform treatment selection for patients with advanced colorectal cancer. He also leads a cancer clinical registry program, supporting biomarker research and multiple registry based randomized trials.
Tumour Stream	Colorectal cancer
Research Interests

Name	Professor Michael Green
Biography	Professor Michael Green was the Director of Cancer Services at Western Health and is currently a Consultant Medical Oncologist at Western Health. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. His major clinical interest is in the treatment of patients with breast cancer upper GI cancer and new anticancer drug development. He is the past chair of the management advisory committee of the Western and Central Metropolitan Integrated Cancer Service in Victoria and was a member of the Medical and Scientific Committee of the Cancer Council of Victoria. He is a past member of the Breastscreen Victoria Board, the Board of Cancer Trials Australia and the Board of as the International Breast Cancer Study Group. He has also chaired the Medical Oncology Expert Advisory Group of the National Breast Cancer Centre
Tumour Stream	Professor Michael Green is a specialist in breast and upper GI cancer
Research Interests	Clinical trials in patients with breast cancer

Name	Dish Herath
Biography	Head Unit for Cancer Services. Medical Oncologist. Also works at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Tumour Stream	Has an interest in lung and thoracic cancers.
Research Interests	Artificial Intelligence

Name	Azim Jalali
Biography	Dr Azim Jalali is a medical oncologist at Western Health. He completed his advanced training in medical oncology in major hospitals in Melbourne and received the fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2017 and joined the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research as a Clinical Research Fellow in Personalised Oncology Division where he has been actively involved in clinical trials and medical research in treatment of bowel cancer. He also consults at Latrobe Regional Hospital one day per week.
Tumour Stream	Has special interests in gastrointestinal, lung, breast and genitourinary cancers
Research Interests	Treatment of bowel cancer

Name	Dr Suzy Kosmider
Biography	Suzy Kosmider is a medical oncologist who looks after people with lung and lower gastrointestinal cancer
Tumour Stream	Lung and Gastrointestinal cancer
Research Interests	Lung and Gastrointestinal cancer

Name	Caitlin Murphy
Biography	Dr Caitlin Murphy studied at the University of Melbourne, obtaining a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (Hons) and Bachelor of Arts in 2007. In 2015, she was admitted to Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in recognition of her advanced training in Medical Oncology. During her last year of training Caitlin completed a fellowship in Clinical Trials Research at Western Health and in the same year obtained a special certificate in clinical research from the University of Melbourne. In 2019 she obtained a Masters of Applied Science through Deakin University for her work in breast cancer genomics. Caitlin currently works at Western Health, Sunshine Hospital, in the breast oncology unit and at Barwon Health, University Hospital Geelong, in the GU and CNS clinic..
Tumour Stream
Research Interests	Breast cancer, Cancer genomics

Name	Cindy Ogluszko
Biography	Cindy Ogluszko has been a registered nurse for 25 years, her current role as Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse at Footscray Hospital since January 2015 has provided education and support to both patients with prostate cancer and their families through Nurse led clinics and phone consultations. Cindy ha a special interests is in Men’s sexual health offering support, education and treatment management plans in a nurse led sexual health clinic at Footscray Hospital Cindy has been the successful recipient of the department of Human and Health Services 3 year survivorship grant to develop a shared care model of care with GP’s following active treatment for prostate cancer. Cindy is due to embark on her Masters of Cancer Sciences in 2020 Cindy remains a member of CNSA, VUNS, ANZUNS, ANZUP, CAN, and WCMICS.
Tumour Stream	Cindy is a specialist nurse in prostate cancer management

Name	A/Prof Jeanne Tie
Biography	A/Prof Tie is a consultant medical oncologist at Western Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and a senior clinical research fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. She serves on the Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group (AGITG) Scientific Advisory Committee and Lower Gastrointestinal working party. She is also a member of the ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) Gastro-Intestinal Tumours Faculty.
Tumour Stream	A/Prof Tie is a specialist in colorectal cancer
Research Interests	A/Prof Tie’s research focuses on the clinical applications of biomarker especially liquid biopsy (circulating tumour DNA) in colorectal cancer. She is also interested in clinical trials developing novel cancer treatment.

Name	Jayne Watson
Biography	Jayne Watson has been a registered nurse for 13 years. Her current role as a Clinical Nurse Consultant managing the Symptom Urgent Review Clinic (SURC) at Sunshine Hospital since September 2013 has provided education and symptom support to patients and their family undergoing chemotherapy at Western Health through a phone triage service and Nurse-led clinic. Jayne has a special interest in chemotherapy symptom / side-effect management and support, and patient education. Jayne is currently undertaking her Masters in Advanced Nursing Practice, due to complete mid 2021. Jayne remains a member of ANSA, HSANZ and ISNCC.
Tumour Stream	Jayne specialises in Haematology, Lung cancer, Breast cancer, Colorectal cancer, Upper Gi cancer, Genitourinary cancer and Gynaecological cancers.

Name	Dr Shirley Wong
Biography	Dr Wong became the one of the consultants in the medical oncology unit at Western Hospital in 2003, after her training at Western and Royal Melbourne Hospitals. Dr Wong spent years in developing the Uro-Oncology unit, working in collaboration with the urology unit, providing multidisciplinary care to the cancer patients. Dr Wong has vast experiences in clinical trials and research in uro-oncology, her works have published in peer-reviewed journals and presented in national and international meetings. Dr Wong also has her interest and expertise in breast cancer, attending breast clinics weekly and supporting breast cancer clinical trials in the oncology research unit. Dr Wong is one of the consultants in Familial Cancer Clinic at VCCC, been working in Familial Cancer Clinic at Royal Melbourne Hospital for almost two decades.
Tumour Stream	Dr Wong is an oncology specialist in genitourinary, breast cancers and familial cancers.
Research Interests	Uro-Oncology, Breast Oncology