Our Cancer Surgeons

Alex J Crandon, MB BS(Syd) PhD(Leeds) FRCOG(London) FRANZCOG(Melb) CGO

Director - Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer (QCGC)

Dr Crandon is a surgical oncologist specialising in the management of women with genital tract cancer, i.e., cancers of the ovary, uterus, tube, cervix, vaginal and vulva as well as gestational trophoblastic disease.   He has been the Director of the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer (QCGC), which he established in 1994, and held the Chair (Professor) of Gynaecological Cancer at the University of Queensland from 1993 to 2004.   Prior to coming to Queensland he was Chair of Gynaecological Cancer at Westmead Hospital in western Sydney.

His particular interests are in the surgical management of cancer with a special interest in the surgical treatment of ovarian, tubal and primary peritoneal cancer.   Over the last 25 years there have been substantial changes in chemotherapy agents with some beneficial improvement in results; however, there has been little change in the surgery of these disorders over the same period of time.   Recently, he has been exploring the use of radical cytoreductive surgery or peritonectomy along with Hyperthermic Intraoperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPC) both of which promise to significantly improve the survival of patients.

Dr Crandon graduated from the University of Sydney, worked at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, before travelling to England where he undertook 5 years of postgraduate study.  In Leeds, Yorkshire,  he completed his specialist training (MRCOG), trained in surgical oncology and completed his PhD at Leeds University before returning to Sydney at Westmead Hospital in 1980.

Andrea Garrett, MD MSc FRANZCOG, CGO

Dr Andrea Garrett graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1996. After a few years working in South East Queensland and United Kingdom, she commenced specialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2001 and gained fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 2006. She undertook further specialisation in the field of Gynaecologic Oncology and trained in Melbourne and Perth. She returned to Brisbane in February 2009 and has taken up a position as Staff Specialist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospitals as well as commenced private practice. She has a special interest in Gestational Trophoblastic Disease.

 

Russell Land MBBS(Qld) FRANZCOG Grad Dip (Palliative Care) CGO

Dr Russell Land was born and bred in North Queensland and completed medical school in Brisbane in 1990. He then went on to complete a Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He was then accepted for Subspecialty training in Gynaecological Oncology which he completed over 4 years in London, Sydney, Perth and his hometown of Brisbane. He has been a consultant Gynaecologic Oncologist with the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer since 2006 and also consults at Greenslopes, Wesley and Pindarra Hospitals. His special interests are Laparoscopic Surgery and he takes an active role as co-investigator in many of the clinical trials QCGC participates in. His wife and 4 young children happily take up most of Russell's spare time.

 

Marcelo Nascimento MD MSc FRANZCOG, CGO

Dr Nascimento is a certified gynaecologic oncologist who specializes in the surgical treatment of known or suspected tumours of the female genital tract.  His areas of expertise include the management of patients with cancer of the ovary, endometrium, cervix, vulva, and vagina.  He also has special interest in providing minimally invasive surgical options for his patients, including laparoscopic procedures.
Originally from Brazil, Dr Nascimento graduated from Medical School in 1993.  He received his Board Certification in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1996 and his General Surgical Oncology Certificate in 1999.  He then completed one year as a research fellow at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and later became a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.  After 3 years of subspecialty training in gynaecological oncology in Brisbane and at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney he joined the QCGC team.

Dr Nascimento has been a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist with the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer at the Mater Hospital and Gold Coast Hospital since January 2008.  He conducts his private practice at the Mater Medical Centre and is currently Senior Lecturer of the University of Queensland. He is co-investigator in several QCGC clinical trials. 

 

Jim Nicklin, MBBS, FRANZCOG, CGO

Dr Nicklin is a graduate of the University of Queensland.  He did his internship and residency at the Royal Brisbane and Royal Women’s Hospitals.  He subsequently went on to do specialty training in obstetrics and gynaecology in Queensland.  He then did his sub-specialty training in gynaecologic oncology at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney and the Ohio State University, USA.  He returned to Queensland and set up practice as a gynaecologic oncologist in late 1995.  He is currently an Associate Professor of Gynaecologic Oncology at University of Qld, Director of Gynaecologic Oncology at RBWH, Qld and conducts his private practice at the Wesley Hospital, Brisbane.

Andreas Obermair, MD FRANZCOG, CGO

Director of Research - Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer (QCGC)

Professor Andreas Obermair is a graduate from the University of Vienna, Austria (1990) where he also completed his specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1999).  He enrolled in Gynaecological Oncology sub-speciality training in 2000 (Brisbane and Perth) and since 2003 has been a part time staff specialist in Gynaecological Oncology at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.  Professor Obermair has an Academic Title of Professor with the University of Queensland and is also the Director of Research in the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer.  His main research interests include Clinical Trials and hereditary (familial) gynaecological cancer. He authored more than 130 original articles in peer reviewed journals, teaches at the national and international level and maintains his international contacts at conferences. Professor Obermair conducts his Private Practice from Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane, in Nambour and in Buderim on the Sunshine Coast.

 

Lewis C. Perrin MBBS MRCOG FRANZCOG CGO

Dr Perrin, Clinical Director Mater Gynaecological Oncology Service, specialises in the treatment of women with endometrial, ovarian, cervical, vulval or vaginal malignancies. He has a special interest in minimal access surgery for the treatment of cancerous and non-cancerous diseases of the female reproductive organs.  The Mater Hospital has a dedicated team of surgeons enabling radical procedures for optimal removal of gynaecological cancers and improving the overall survival of these patients. 

He is involved with clinical research, being a major contributor to many trials to determine the best treatment for patients with gynaecological cancers. He is a cheif investigator in several studies ranging from laparoscopic surgery to new techniques in the delivery of chemotherapy. He joined the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer in 1993 and began his training here but also included a year as Clinical Fellow in colorectal surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Dr Perrin is an Associate Professor of Gynaecological Oncology at The University of Queensland.  He is a subspecialty examiner for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and currently serves on the executive committee of the Australian Society of Gynaecologic Oncology.