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Investigators

Northern NSW Local Health District
The Tweed Hospital
Cancer Care Unit 16-18 Powell Street Tweed Heads NSW 2485
Contact: (07) 5506 7296 or (07) 5506 7812

Medical Oncology
Prof. Ehtesham Abdi

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trials experience: 30 years clinical trial experience
institution: The Tweed Hospital
specialty area/board certification: Medical Oncology, MBBS, FRACP, FACP, MRACMA
patient recruitment strategy: patients are seen in the public hospital clinic and private rooms. Patients are referred from local GPs, other specialists and multi-disciplinary team meetings
co-investigators: thoracic physicians, radiologists, advanced trainees in medical oncology, medical registrars.

Dr Martin Tio

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trials experience: 10 years clinical trials experience
institution: The Tweed Hospital specialty area/board
certification: Medical Oncology, MBBS, FRACP patient
recruitment strategy: patients are seen in the public hospital clinic and private rooms. Patients are referred from local GPs, other specialists and multi-disciplinary team meetings
co-investigators: thoracic physicians, radiologists, advanced trainees in medical oncology, medical registrars.

Dr Pawan Bajaj

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trials experience: 5 years clinical trials experience
institution: The Tweed Hospital
specialty area/board certification: FRACP, MBBS
patient recruitment strategy: patients are seen in the public hospital clinic and private rooms. Patients are referred from local GPs, other specialists and multi-disciplinary team meetings
co-investigators: thoracic physicians, radiologists, advanced trainees in medical oncology, medical registrars.

Dr Sumit Lumba

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trials experience: 5 years clinical trials experience
institution: The Tweed Hospital
specialty area/board certification: FRACP, MBBS
patient recruitment strategy: patients are seen in the public hospital clinic and private rooms. Patients are referred from local GPs, other specialists and multi-disciplinary team meetings 
co-investigators: thoracic physicians, radiologists, advanced trainees in medical oncology, medical registrars.

Dr Ratnesh Srivastav

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trials experience: 10 plus years Clinical Trials experience institution: The Tweed Hospital
specialty area/board certification: FRACP, MBBS
patient recruitment strategy: patients are seen in the public hospital clinic and private rooms. Patients are referred from local GPs, other specialists and multi-disciplinary team meetings
co-investigators: radiologists, advanced trainees in medical oncology, medical registrars.

Haematology
Dr Alejandro Arbelaez

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  • trials experience: 8 years clinical trials experience
  • institution: The Tweed Hospital
  • specialty area/board certification: FRACP, FRCPA, MBBS
  • patient recruitment strategy: patients are seen in the public hospital clinic and private rooms. Patients are referred from local GPs, other specialists and multi-disciplinary team meetings
  • co-investigators: thoracic physicians, radiologists, advanced trainees in medical oncology, medical registrar.
Dr Steven Wong

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  • trials experience: previous clinical trials experience
  • institution: The Tweed Hospital
  • specialty area/board certification: FRACP, FRCPA, MBBS
  • patient recruitment strategy: patients are seen in the public hospital clinic and private rooms. Patients are referred from local GPs, other specialists and multi-disciplinary team meetings
  • co-investigators: thoracic physicians, radiologists, advanced trainees in medical oncology, medical registrar.
Dr Sunelle Engelbrecht

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  • trials experience: previous clinical trials experience
  • institution: The Tweed Hospital
  • specialty area/board certification: FRACP, FRCPA, MBBS
  • patient recruitment strategy: patients are seen in the public hospital clinic and private rooms. Patients are referred from local GPs, other specialists and multi-disciplinary team meetings
  • co-investigators: thoracic physicians, radiologists, advanced trainees in medical oncology, medical registrar.