Researcher

Dr Anthony Robert Glover

My Expertise

I am recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in research in endocrine cancer and tumours of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands and in the practice of endocrine surgery and surgical education with a focus on the development of skills in research, leadership and professionalism. My vision is to use discoveries from the lab and clinic to develop new treatment pathways that improve outcomes of endocrine cancer and tumours and reduce unwarranted variation in health care for people with these diseases. For surgical education I seek to build leadership, professionalism and research skill capability and capacity across the healthcare sector.

Keywords

translational medical research

adrenal gland neoplasms

Fields of Research (FoR)

Surgery, Endocrinology, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Cancer Genetics, Molecular Targets, Clinical Sciences, Vocational Education and Training Curriculum and Pedagogy, Public Health and Health Services

SEO tags

Cancer and Related Disorders

Surgical Methods and Procedures

Endocrine Organs and Diseases (excl. Diabetes)

Higher education

Disease distribution and transmission

Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response)

Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Biography

Anthony Glover is a practicing endocrine surgeon and surgical oncologist, surgeon scientist and educator. Anthony specialises in the care of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disease and runs research and education programs focusing on improving the understanding of endocrine cancer biology and on improving clinical outcomes from surgery and on the development of surgical competencies and professional skills.

Research Accomplishments:

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Anthony Glover is a practicing endocrine surgeon and surgical oncologist, surgeon scientist and educator. Anthony specialises in the care of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disease and runs research and education programs focusing on improving the understanding of endocrine cancer biology and on improving clinical outcomes from surgery and on the development of surgical competencies and professional skills.

Research Accomplishments:

Senior Research Officer, Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellow with Cancer Theme, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Awarded PhD in the molecular biology of adrenal cancer with the Cancer Genetics Laboratory of the Kolling Institute of Medical Research (University of Sydney)
Awarded Neil Hamilton Fairley NHMRC Fellowship (2016-20) with post-doctoral research experience at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York) in the thyroid cancer laboratory of the clinician-scientist Jim Fagin and with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
Grant and peer reviewer for multiple journals and grant schemes (Ranked top 1% of 2020 peer reviewers by Publons)
NHMRC Grant Review Panel Member for Development and Investigator Grants
Member, Management Board, Kolling Institute Tumour Bank

Clinical Accomplishments

Consultant Surgeon with Endocrine Surgery Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital
Completed clinical fellowships in surgical oncology - Royal Marsden Hospital (London) and in endocrine surgery - University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit.
Leadership roles with Australian and New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons, Australian and New Zealand Thyroid Cancer Registry, Surgical Education Research and Training (SERT) Institute - Royal North Shore Hospital.
Thyroid Cancer Expert Member, Surgical Education and Assessment Modules, General Surgeons Australia

Education Accomplishments

Director of Master of Surgery Coursework Program
Coordinator and content creator for the post-graduate coursework surgery subjects for Surgical Skills SURG5031 which aims to prepare junior doctors for surgical training and Surgical Professionalism and Leadership SURG5100 which aims to develop non-technical skills required for the practice of surgery.
Senior Instructor, Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient Course (CCrISP), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Tutor and research supervisor for Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney (Royal North Shore Hospital) and St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW

My Grants

2020-23 Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Fellowship

2016-20 NHMRC Neil Hamilton Fairley Early Career Fellowship

2016 Foundation for Surgery Tour de Cure Cancer Research Scholarship

2015 Foundation for Surgery Research Scholarship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2014 Sir Roy McCaughey Surgical Research Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2013 Royal North Shore Hospital Westpac Scholarship

2013 Donato & Said Memorial EnGeneIC Cancer Research Foundation Scholarship

My Qualifications

FRACS, MBBS, BSc(Med), PhD

My Awards

2022 Cancer Institute NSW Premier's Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research Fellow

2015 Kolling Institute Young Investigator Oral Prize, 32nd Combined Health Science (New Horizons) Conference, University of Technology Sydney

2015 Kolling Institute Young International Travel Award

2014 Sydney Medical School Northern Postgraduate Research Student Excellence Award

2014 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scholar in Training Award

2014 Sydney Caner Conference Oral Presentation Award for Basic Biomedical Cancer Research

2014 RACS Endocrine Surgery Section TS Reeve Prize for Best Science Presentation

2014 Surgical Research Society Travel Grant Award

2014 Kolling Institute International Travel Award

University of Otago Prize in Medicine

My Research Activities

Lab based: Genomics of Endocrine Cancer

Clinical-based: Outcomes of Thyroid Cancer, Application of Genomics to Advanced Thyroid Cancer, Outcomes of Parathyroidectomy in Familial Disease, Clinical Decision Making, Risk Assessment in Endocrine and General Surgery

Education-based: Development of Professional Skills

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

Project: Understanding biology and outcomes of thyroid cancer

Discipline: Cancer Biology, Endocrine Surgery

Project level: Projects can be tailored to all levels - ILP, Honours, Masters, PhD

Supervisor: Dr Anthony Glover

Project commencement: Variable

Summary: The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased rapidly in the past few decades and is now the 7th most common cancer in Australian women. Thyroid cancer has a low mutation rate but a wide range of natural history from small cancers which can be observed to those which rapidly develop metastatic disease. Our group seeks to improve the knowledge of thyroid cancer biology using sequencing and to understand the clinical outcomes of thyroid cancer. Projects offer the opportunity to collaborate with the University of Sydney Endocrine Surgery Unit based at Royal North Shore Hospital which is the largest treatment centre for thyroid cancer in Australia.

Contact: Dr Anthony Glover at an.glover@garvan.org.au

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