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Dr Euan Walpole

MBBS(Hons) FRACP

Medical Oncologist

Dr Euan Walpole received his M.B.B.S with Honours from the University of Queensland’s Faculty of Medicine in 1980 and spent the first four years of his career at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba, Brisbane.

During 1985/86, Dr Walpole spent time as a registrar in Haematology and Medical Oncology at the Peter McCallum Cancer Institute in Melbourne before returning to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where in 1988 he became a Locum Medical Oncologist. During the following years was a visiting Fellow in Oncology at the Montefiore Medical Centre/Albert Einstein Cancer Center, New York.

Dr Walpole currently holds the position of Medical Director – Cancer Services for the Princess Alexandra Hospital and Southern Area Health Service.  He is also Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Queensland, has an Honorary Associate of the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney and is a Visiting Medical Officer at Mt Olivet Hospital, Mater Private Hospital and Brisbane Private Hospital.

Dr Walpole has held many noted appointments including Deputy Chairman and Acting Chairman of the Queensland Cancer Fund Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia, Chairman of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians - Specialties Board. Dr Walpole has been highly regarded and widely published over his extensive research career.

Memberships

  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • Clinical Oncological Society of Australia
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Australian Gastrointestinal Tumour Study Group
  • Australian and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group
  • US National Cancer Institute - Clinical Associate
  • European Society of Medical Oncologists
  • Medical Oncology Group of Australia
 

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That is what patients find at HOCA (Haematology and Oncology Clinics of Australia) – the leaders in cancer care. Across our network of four cancer care centres in South-East Queensland, the values of integrity, courage, teamwork and compassion are central to our patient-focused approach to cancer care.