Professor Desmond Yip

Professor Desmond Yip is a graduate of the University of Sydney training in medical oncology at Westmead Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital prior to a three-year Fellowship at the Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital in London. He is presently the Clinical Director of the Department of Medical Oncology at the Canberra Region Cancer Centre at The Canberra Hospital and also has a position as a Visiting Medical Oncologist at the South East Regional Hospital in Bega. He has expertise in developmental therapeutics and has academic translational collaborations with laboratory scientists. He is an active member of the Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group (AGITG) serving on clinical trial management committees as well as leading an international multicentre study. He has academic appointments at the Australian National University, University of Canberra and University of Sydney. He has been involved as working party member of the Cancer Council Australia NHMRC Colorectal Guidelines revised in 2005 and 2017 and in the development of Cochrane Reviews in pancreatic cancer.

Consultant Medical Oncologist
Professor, ANU Medical School Australian National University
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra
Honorary Associate, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney

Special Interests

Gastrointestinal cancers
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour
Melanoma
Neuroendocrine tumours
Renal cell carcinoma

Hospital Affiliations

The Canberra Hospital (Garran, ACT)
National Capital Private Hospital (Garran, ACT)
Calvary Public Hospital (Bruce, ACT)

Professional Memberships

Medical Oncology Group of Australia
Clinical Oncology Society of Australia
American Society of Clinical Oncology
European Society of Medical Oncology
Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group
Private Cancer Physicians Australia
Australian Medical Association

Awards and Publications

https://publons.com/author/1187988/desmond-yip#profile

Languages spoken (other than English)

Chinese-Cantonese