Doctors at the WBRC are primarily responsible
for the clinical care of patients of the WBRC. They work
very closely with staff from other WBRC sections in
order to provide the best care for patients. These patients
include those who are inpatients at the Alfred, or patients
attending as outpatients for advice, treatment planning,
therapy, or review.
In addition medical staff at the Alfred
have other important roles:
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Cancer
Service Administration within the Alfred and WBRC: Doctors
from the WBRC work in various groups and committees
to improve services for cancer patients within the
Alfred in conjunction with Alfred management and
other Alfred Medical units.
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Teaching: The WBRC
provides services in teaching and training at all
levels of medical training, from medical student
teaching for Monash Medical School students, Medical
Specialist training, through to continuing educational
training for qualified specialists. In addition they
have an active commitment to assisting in training
programs for other health care professionals such
as nurses, radiation therapists, and medical physicists.
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Research: Medical
staff at the WBRC are involved in numerous research
projects in their areas of interest.
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service and advice: Most of the WBRC medical
staff work in state-wide, national or international
cancer-related organisations,
serving on committees or working parties to try to
improve cancer care, research, and teaching on a wider
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The medical staff work under the direction
of the WBRC Radiation Oncology Director. There
are six radiation oncology specialists, each with their
own areas of expertise and specialist interest.
Three Registrars
in specialist training positions work with the Alfred
Hospital radiation oncology resident medical
officer, and under the supervision of the WBRC specialists,
in a team-based approach to providing the best medical
care for our patients.
In addition there
is a WBRC Research Fellow, a radiation oncology specialist
working on specialist
research within
the department and assisting on occasions with some
of the clinical “cover”. Finally, from time-to-time,
the WBRC has doctors visiting from overseas working
for varying lengths and in different capacities extending
their experience by visiting us.
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