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Congratulations to Marie Burke OAM, Geoffrey Delaney AM and Graeme Morgan AM The College congratulates three FRANZCRs whose dedication and achievements in their chosen field of radiation oncology have been recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours List from the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia: Dr Marie Frances Burke OAM, Professor Geoffrey Delaney AM and Associate Professor Graeme Morgan AM. We are very pleased to see these public accolades for a lifetime of quiet work and commitment in cancer care. The practice and research of these Fellows has led to advances in treatment and diagnosis, they have worked alongside many colleagues and patients themselves in an effort to extend medical knowledge, improving care and access to care. Inside News spoke to the clinicians recognised this year to hear how they felt on receiving the news. Their responses highlight their enthusiasm and passion for the specialty and for passing on their knowledge to today’s trainees, they join a number of FRANZCR colleagues honoured for their work by the Governor General on behalf of the Australian state.
Professor Geoffrey Delaney
Professor Geoffrey Delaney Professor Delaney is the Director of Cancer Services for the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) and Director of Liverpool Cancer Centre, and conjoint Professor for the University of NSW and University of Western Sydney.
“The College congratulates three FRANZCRs whose dedication and achievements in their chosen field of radiation oncology have been recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours List from the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia: Dr Marie Frances Burke OAM, Professor Geoffrey Delaney AM and Associate Professor Graeme Morgan AM.”
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He played a significant role in establishing the Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CCORE), a centre for oncology health services research situated at Liverpool Hospital. He has developed many other international collaborative links with research groups and played a role in establishing other research collaborations such as the NSW Breast Radiation Oncology Group. He also chairs the NSW Cancer Institute Area Cancer Registry Project Steering Committee. The research work that he has done with CCORE has included the establishment of a better measure of linear accelerator treatment throughput, the study of patterns of care for lung cancer across NSW, the development of optimal radiation therapy treatment pathways and estimation of the overall proportion of patients that should receive radiation therapy, an optimal chemotherapy utilisation estimate and the study of a new radiation oncology incident reporting tool. All of these studies have had impact on clinical practice.
