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Gary Richardson

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Professor Gary Richardson is the Director of Oncology Clinics Victoria, Director of Cabrini Academic Haematology & Oncology Services and a Professor of Medicine at Monash University. He previously held the position of Director, Department of Medical Oncology & Clinical Haematology at Monash Medical Centre. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He trained at St Vincent’s Hospital, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and the National Cancer Institute in the United States.

He is chairman of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia and president of the Private Cancer Physicians of Australia. He is an executive member of the Victorian Co-operative Oncology Group. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; the American Association of Cancer Research; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the Gynaecological Oncology Group; the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer; and the Haematology Society of Australia.

Professor Richardson initiated and developed clinical research in haematology and oncology at Cabrini Health and is involved in the design, development and conduct of clinical trials. He is Director of Clinical Research in Medical Oncology and Haematology, and personally acts as principal investigator in many clinical studies in breast, lung, and gynaecological malignancy, as well as development of novel compounds for the treatment of cancer. He established the Family Cancer at Cabrini Clinic, the Oncology Service at Cabrini Brighton, and the apheresis service. He is published many research papers, abstracts, and book chapters. He is Chairman of Foundation 49, a Men’s Health Organisation sponsored by Cabrini Health, and is part of the Federal Government advisory board that developed the National Male Health Policy and the Victorian Men’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

Andrew Haydon

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Dr Andrew Haydon graduated from Monash University with Honours and then trained at the Alfred hospital. After obtaining his fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Medical Oncology, he undertook a PhD with Monash University and the Cancer Council of Victoria examining the epidemiological factors that influence survival in bowel cancer. Following this he was appointed as a full time staff specialist at the Alfred Hospital.

Dr Haydon is joint head of SMICS (Southern Melbourne Integrative Cancer Services) and holds honorary appointments as a senior lecturer in the Department of Medicine at Monash University and the University of Sydney as well as being an honorary researcher with the Cancer Council of Victoria. He is involved in the running of multiple clinical trials at the Alfred Hospital.

Dr Haydon is a member of numerous multidisciplinary cancer meetings including The Victorian Melanoma service, the Cabrini colorectal cancer meeting the Alfred Head and Neck Cancer and Upper Gastro-intestinal cancer multidisciplinary meetings.

Dr Haydon is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Medical Oncology Group of Australia, The Private Cancer Physicians of Australia, the Australasian Gastro-intestinal Trials Group and the ANZ Breast Cancer Trials Group. His interests are clinical trials, Upper and Lower Gastro-intestinal cancers, Head & Neck Cancer and Melanoma.


Sanjeev Gill

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Dr Sanjeev Gill graduated from the University of Melbourne medical school & subsequently went on to study literature & Philosophy at Melbourne whilst working in general practice. He completed his specialist training in Medical Oncology and is a fellow of the Royal Australian college of Physicians. He was subsequently involved in clinical research for two years in the Tumour Targeting Laboratory of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research - investigating novel ways of targeting tumours. This was followed by two years primarily involved in Palliative Care before his appointment as a Medical Oncologist at the Alfred Hospital and Oncology Clinics Victoria.

Dr Gill holds an honorary appointment as a senior lecturer in the Department of Medicine at Monash University. He is involved in multiple clinical trials at both the Alfred and Cabrini.

He is a member of numerous multidisciplinary cancer meetings, the Cabrini colorectal and Urological cancer meetings and the Alfred Head and Neck Cancer, Lung cancer, Upper Gastro-intestinal cancer, Breast cancer and neuro oncology meetings.

Dr Gill is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society of Medical Oncology, the Medical Oncology Group of Australia, The Private Cancer Physicians of Australia, the Australasian Gastro-intestinal Trials Group and the ANZ Breast Cancer Trials Group. His major interests include clinical research, gastro-intestinal cancer, genitourinary cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, neuro oncology and palliative care.


Lucy Gately

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Dr Lucy Gately graduated from the University of Queensland, before undertaking further training in Melbourne and obtaining her fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Medical Oncology. She trained at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Alfred, St Vincent’s and Cabrini Hospitals. During this time, she also completed a Clinical Diploma of Palliative Medicine, and has commenced a Doctorate with St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and University of Melbourne.

Dr Gately has published several articles and has presented her research at national conferences. She is regarded the lead clinician in brain tumour research at the Gibbs Lab, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, and has been actively involved in University of Melbourne medical student teaching.

Dr Gately is a member of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia; Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology; Australian and New Zealand Urological and Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Group; Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group; American Society of Clinical Oncology. She has research interests in neurological, breast, and gastrointestinal malignancies, and development of new innovative drug treatments.

Dr Gately is local to the area. She is married to an Australian Olympic Silver medallist and together they have two children. She will be consulting at Cabrini Brighton and Malvern, and the Epworth Freemasons.