Researcher

My Expertise

I am an academic clinician scientist, and head the breast cancer services at the Kinghorn Cancer Centre, and the Connie Johnson Breast Cancer Research Laboratory at the Garvan Institute. My research is focused on bringing laboratory discoveries into patient care. I lead a number of investigator initiated clinical trials, and am the inaugural National Breast Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair.  

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Fields of Research (FoR)

Cancer Cell Biology, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Medical and Health Sciences

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Biography

Elgene was awarded his medical degree from the University of Melbourne. He obtained his medical oncology fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2006, and subsequently embarked on a PhD as a National Breast Cancer Foundation Scholar at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute with eminent Australian breast cancer researchers Professors Jane Visvader & Geoffrey Lindemann. His research identified the aberrant cells in carriers...view more

Location

The Kinghorn Cancer Centre
370 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Contact

02 9355 5823