Our Medical Advisory Committee
Pancare’s Medical Advisory Committee provide rigor and governance to our strategic objectives of investment into research; providing a process of assessment and monitoring.
Our Medical Advisory Committee members encompass a range of experts in the medical oncology field, with a focus on upper gastrointestinal cancers.
Medical Advisory Committee members
A/Professor Mehrdad Nikfarjam – Chair
Liver and pancreas surgeon at Austin Health & Warringal Private
Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery.
Professor Niall Tebbutt
Medical Oncologist Professor, University of Melbourne
Director, Department of Medical Oncology, Olivia Newton John Cancer and Wellness Centre
Professor Graham Baldwin
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne
A/Professor Lawrence Weinberg
Director of Anaesthesia at Austin Hospital
Associate Professor in the Anaesthesia Perioperative Pain Medicine Unit, Melbourne Medical School, and the Department of Surgery, Austin Health, University of Melbourne.
Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
Doug Hawkins
CEO, Pancare Foundation
Medical Advisors
In addition to the formal workings of the Medical Advisory Committee, Pancare works with an extensive network of external medical advisors, who are experts in various areas of upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer care.
Mr Daniel Croagh – Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Surgeon
Dr Marios Efthymiou – Gastroenterology
Prof Peter Gibbs – Oncologist
Dr Mark Goodwin – Interventional Radiologist
A/Prof Paul Gow – Hepatology/ Gastroenterology
Mr Kourosh Haghighi – Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Surgeon
Dr Nezor Houli – Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Surgeon
Dr Kiat Lim – Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon
Dr John Mariadason – Research Professor
Mr Charles Pilgrim – Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Surgeon
Mr Charbel Sandroosi – Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Surgeon
Mr Mark Steven – Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Surgeon
Prof David Story – Anesthetics
Dr Alina Stoita – Gastroenterology
Dr Adam Testro – Hepatology / Gastroenterology
Dr Rhys Vaughan – Hepatology / Gastroenterology
Mr David Yeo – Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Surgeon
Dr Allan Zimet – Oncologist
Learn more:
> Current Pancare Foundation funded research projects
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