Oncology Department Staff

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Director Medical Oncology

A/Prof Zee Wan Wong
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin), FAMS (Med Onc), FRACP, GAICD, AFRACMA

Deputy Director Medical Oncology

A/Prof Surein Arulananda MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP
Thoracic Lead

Senior Medical Staff

A/Prof Michelle White MBBS (Hons) DipPallCare FRACP
Breast Lead

A/Prof David Pook MBBS BMedSci (Hons1) MD FRACP
Genitourinary Lead

A/Prof Andrew Strickland MBBS FRACP
Gastrointestinal Lead

A/Prof Marion Harris MBBS FRACP
Director of Familial Cancer, Gastrointestinal and Breast

Dr. Aditya Balasubramaniam MBBS, BMedSci, PhD, FRACP
Thoracic

A/Prof Sophia Frentzas MBBS BSc (Hons) PhD FRACP
Phase I Clinical Trials, Gastrointestinal and Gynae Cancers

A/Prof Kate Webber MBBS (Hons1) BSc (Med) PhD FRACP
Gynaecological Lead, Breast and Cancer Survivorship

A/Prof Elizabeth Ahern MBBS (Hons1) PhD FRACP
Neuro Lead and Phase 1 Trials

Dr. Gwo Yaw Ho MBChB BSc (Hons) PhD FRACP
Breast and Gynaecological

A/Prof Muhammad Alamgeer MBBS MD FRACP
Head and Neck, Lung, Melanoma

Dr. Daphne Day MBBS (Hons) FRACP
Breast, Head & Neck and Phase 1 Trials

Dr. Elizabeth Liow MBBS BMedSci FRACP
Genitourinary

Dr. Ranjana Srivastava MBBS FRACP OAM
Breast and Geriatric Oncology

Dr. Amelia McCartney MBBS BSc (Hons) FRACP
Breast

Dr Amy Louise Body MBBS BSc (Med) FRACP
Phase 1 Trials and Gastrointestinal

Dr. George Iatropoulos MBBS MSc FRACP
Gastrointestinal

Dr. David Lau MBBS PhD FRACP
Gastrointestinal

Dr. Harriet Herbison MBBS FRACP
Genitourinary

Dr. Joshua Hurwitz MBBS MPHTM FRACP
Genitourinary and Breast Cancers

Dr. Christian Orlowski MBBS BSc(Hons) PhD FRACP
Phase I trials, Gastrointestinal

Dr. Sarah Latham MBBS(Hons), B.Physio(Hons), FRACP
Breast

Dr. Julia Freckelton MBBS BMedSc FRACP PhD
Genitourinary, Genitourinary

Dr Sarah Heynemann MBBS BMedSci MBioeth FRACP
Breast

Dr Elizabeth Matthews BMedSci, BSc(Hons), PhD
Psychology

2026 Fellows

Dr. Gareth Jones

Dr. David Yap

Dr. Thi Thao Vi Luong

2026 Registrars

Dr. Conor Hayton

Dr. Megan Hickey

Dr. Gareth Jones

Dr. Elena Jensen – Marini

Dr. Zhen Ong

Dr. Aung Khine Lin

Dr. Terence Low

Oncology Advance Trainees

Dr. Khue Nguyen

Dr. Jeslin Johnson

Dr. Laura Panozzo

Dr. Liam Axford

Dr. Thivagar Yogaparan

Dr. Karina Martin

Dr. Shuwanugha Subramaniam

Dr. Aaron Bagnato

Oncology Nurse Practitioner

Ms. Vicki McLeod

Ms. Vu Nhung (GI CNC)

Ms. Genevieve Kesegic (Gynae CNC)

Ms. Amanda Vo (Lung CNC)

Support Staff

Sarah Mwaba
Senior Administrative Assistant | Monash Oncology
E: OncDeptAdmin@monashhealth.org
P: (03) 8572 2392

Karen Gillett
Oncology Research Manager

Kelly Hoffman
Oncology Operations and Quality Manager

Prabha Bhatta
Operations Coordinator

Ned Fallon
Finance Assistant

Tamzin Leitch
Ethics Lead

Dixita Desai
Oncology Laboratory Coordinator

Courtney Weir
Oncology Laboratory Coordinator

Shekinah Ramos
Oncology Laboratory Assistant

Clinical Trials and Staff

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