Our clinical advisory committee
Meet Pancare Foundation’s new multidisciplinary clinical advisory committee. Bringing together leading experts from across Australia, this committee will provide strategic advice and governance around Pancare’s three core organisational pillars: Research, Advocacy, and Supportive Care.
Arul Suthananthan
HepatoPancreaticoBiliary (HPB), and Liver and Kidney Transplant Surgeon at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth General and HPB Surgeon at Perth Gastroenterology & Liver Care, Perth
David Liu
Oesophago-gastric Cancer, Upper GI and General Surgeon at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne Oesophago-gastric, Bariatric and General Surgeon at Austin Health, Vic
Emma Putrus
Accredited Practising Dietitian Co-Director of 3D Dietetics Senior Dietitian of the general surgery unit of Royal Adelaide Hospital Guest lecturer at Flinders University
Jennifer Philip
Chair of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne Physician, Palliative Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Royal Melbourne Hospital
Alana Fitzgibbon
Clinical Nurse Consultant: GI Cancers at Department of Health, Tasmania
Michael Allen
Medical Oncologist at Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Michelle Di Vito-Smith
Consumer (Carer) Senior Clinical Research Professional
Haryana Dhillon
Professor of Psycho-Oncology at University of Sydney
Nick Verry
Consumer (Patient) Experienced Patient Advocate Senior workplace health professional Former Exercise Physiologist
Mei Krishnasamy
Professor of Cancer Nursing, Department of Nursing, University of Melbourne Research and Education Lead – Nursing, VCCC Alliance
Claire Nixon
Accredited Practising Dietitian Co-Director of 3D Dietetics Senior Dietitian of the general surgery unit of Royal Adelaide Hospital Guest lecturer at Flinders University
Mehrdad Nikfarjam – Honorary Member
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Surgeon at Austin Health Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne Founder of Pancare Foundation
Javiera Martinez-Gutierrez
Senior Research Fellow, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Melbourne Adjunct Professor (Honorary) at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Immigrant Health Fellow at The Royal Children’s Hospital Immigrant Health Fellow at cohealth
Jessica Howell
Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Senior Research Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Melbourne. Lead of the Hepatitis B research group within the Disease Elimination program at Burnet Institute
Lucinda Morris
Radiation Oncologist at Western Sydney Local Health District Clinical Associate Professor at University of Newcastle Founding Co-Chair Targeting Cancer Global World Radiotherapy Awareness Day (WRAD) Committee Member
Nicolas Hart
Professor, NHMRC Fellow (Cancer Survivorship), and Program Director (Clinical Exercise Physiology) at University of Technology Sydney Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University, Queensland University of Technology, Flinders University and The University of Notre Dame Australia Co-Founder of Western Australian Bone Research Collaboration
Belinda Lee
Consultant Medical Oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital/Royal Melbourne Hospital Head of Cancer Clinical Trials and Cancer Services, Research Lead at Northern Health Research Fellow and Principal Investigator: PURPLE Pancreatic Cancer Translational Registry at Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne
Vivek Rathi
Medical Director and Molecular and Anatomical Pathologist at LifeStrands Genomics Australia