About us

Areas of interest: Testicular cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, prostate, bladder & kidney cancers & lymphoma

A/Prof Joe McKendrick is a consultant medical oncologist and was previously Director of Medical Oncology, Clinical Haematology and Palliative Care at Eastern Health. He has significant expertise in genitourinary cancers (with a particular interest in testis cancer), gastrointestinal cancers, lymphoma and other haematological malignancies.

A/Prof McKendrick completed his advanced training and MD thesis at the University of Southampton where he gained significant expertise through working in one of the busiest academic urological and lymphoma units in the world. He has clinical trial experience in a wide range of cancers. He is regarded as one of Australia’s most experienced clinicians in the management of testicular cancer and lymphoma.

Areas of interest: Gastrointestinal cancers (colorectal & upper GI malignancies) & lung cancer 

A/Prof Rachel Wong is a consultant oncologist, Deputy Director of Medical Oncology at Eastern Health and a research fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. She is an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Monash University and a member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Leadership Development Committee. She has held the roles of (acting) chair of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Advanced Training Committee in Medical Oncology, chair of the Victorian Medical Oncology Training Programme and eviQ co-chair. 

A/Prof Wong completed a research fellowship in gastrointestinal cancers and lymphoma at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London. She has extensive experience in the management of  upper and lower GI malignancies, lung cancer and the management and development of clinical trials and has published a number of papers, abstracts and chapters in her areas of expertise.

Areas of interest: Breast cancer & genitourinary (prostate, bladder and kidney) cancers 

  Dr Iris Tung is a consultant medical oncologist who treats all solid organ malignancies, with a special interest in breast and genitourinary cancers. After completing her medical degree at the University of Melbourne, she completed advanced training through the Victorian Medical Oncology Training Program at Eastern Health, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Bendigo Health and Goulburn Valley Health. She completed a research fellowship at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre, specialising in breast cancer clinical trials. 

Iris continues to be actively involved in research. She is a sub-investigator in oncology clinical trials at the Monash University Eastern Clinical Research Unit and holds an honorary position at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, with a research interest in breast cancer registries. 

Iris believes in evidence-based medicine and providing individualised care for all cancer patients. Iris is bilingual and can consult in fluent Cantonese.