Rachael Dodd

Dr Rachael Dodd – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

Dr Rachael Dodd is a Senior Research Fellow at The Daffodil Centre, a joint venture between Cancer Council NSW and The University of Sydney.

Sarah Heynemann

Dr Sarah Heynemann – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

Dr Sarah Heynemann is an early-career medical oncologist who completed her oncology training across various hospitals in Victoria (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Bendigo Health, St Vincent’s Hospital).

Shankar Siva

A/Prof Shankar Siva – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

A/Prof Shankar Siva is a Radiation Oncologist and current Cancer Council Victoria (CCV) Colebatch Fellow.

Kate Sutherland

A/Prof Kate Sutherland – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

A/Prof Kate Sutherland is a Laboratory Head, Cancer Biology and Stem Cells Division, at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). Kate completed a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree and PhD from The University of Melbourne in 2005.

Venessa Chin

Dr Venessa Chin – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

Dr Venessa Chin is a Medical Oncologist working at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, in the fields of lung and head and neck cancer.

Gavin Wright

A/Prof Gavin Wright – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

A/Prof Gavin Wright is a thoracic surgeon who completed his fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in General Surgery in 1997, then a second fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2000.

Michael Franco

A/Prof Michael Franco – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

A/Prof Michael Franco (MBBS, FRACP, FAChPM, CHIA) is dually trained in Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine and a full-time staff specialist at Monash Health. He is now Monash’s Chief Medical Information Officer.

Haryana Dhillon

A/Prof Haryana Dhillon – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

A/Prof Haryana Dhillon is an Associate Professor in Psycho-Oncology at the University of Sydney.

Rebecca Tay

Dr Rebecca Tay – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

Dr Rebecca Tay is a medical oncologist at the Royal Hobart Hospital and Icon Cancer Centre. Rebecca completed specialist medical oncology training in Melbourne followed by a clinical research fellowship in lung cancer at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, UK.

Tracy Leong

Dr Tracy Leong – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

Dr Leong is a clinician-scientist with dual appointments as a Respiratory Physician and Director of Bronchoscopy at Austin Health, and as a Post-doctorate Researcher at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

Malinda Itchins

Dr Malinda Itchins – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

Dr Malinda Itchins is a thoracic medical oncologist at Royal North Shore Hospital, GenesisCare, and North Shore Private.

Ken O’Byrne

Prof Ken O’Byrne – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

Prof Ken O’Byrne is a Consultant and Professor in Medical Oncology recently moved to the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) section of the Translational Research Institute (TRI) from St James’s Hospital and Trinity College, Dublin.

Thomas John

A/Prof Thomas John – Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia (TOGA) Scientific Committee Member

A/Prof Thomas John is a medical oncologist specialising in Thoracic malignancies and genetics working at the Peter MacCallum hospital in Melbourne.

Phillip Antippa

Phillip Antippa

A/Prof Phillip Antippa is a specialist Cardiothoracic surgeon and the Head of Thoracic Surgical Services at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre as part of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

Shalini Vinod

Shalini Vinod

Prof Shalini Vinod (MBBS MD FRANZCR) is a senior staff specialist academic radiation oncologist who specialises in the treatment of lung cancer. She is employed at the Cancer Therapy Centre, Liverpool Hospital, NSW and is a Conjoint Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Honorary Professor at University of Wollongong.

Lillian Leigh

Lillian Leigh

Lillian Leigh is an Australian lawyer and a patient research advocate.

Catherine Sim

Catherine Sim

Catherine Sim is an accomplished Finance leader with a proactive approach and extensive commercial experience across the not-for-profit (NFP) and public sectors.

Melissa Moore

Melissa Moore

Melissa is a medical oncologist with sub-specialty interests in cancers of the lung, breast and upper gastrointestinal tract. Her research interests include body composition in cancer patients and the role of exercise.

Ben Solomon

Ben Solomon

Professor Ben Solomon is a Medical Oncologist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

Emily Stone

Emily Stone

Professor Emily Stone is a respiratory physician and clinician-researcher at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and the University of NSW. Her research interests include lung cancer screening, tobacco control and the impact of multidisciplinary team care.

Nick Pavlakis

Nick Pavlakis

Prof Nick Pavlakis is a Senior Staff Specialist in the Department of Medical Oncology at Royal North Shore Hospital. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in the treatment and research of thoracic and gastrointestinal cancers.