Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review Australia works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Dr Matthew Burge

Dr Matthew Burge

Dr Matthew Burge, is a medical oncologist and staff specialist at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and a visiting specialist at the Rockhampton Base Hospital. He undertook his undergraduate training in Manchester, UK before moving to Australia in 1996. After obtaining his FRACP in 2004 he moved back to the UK to undertake a clinical fellowship in GI malignancies with professor Matt Seymour in Leeds. He moved to Brisbane in 2007 to take up his current position. His clinical and research interests are in GI malignancies, particularly colorectal cancer and neuroendocrine tumours. Dr Burge has been a local investigator for AGITG and international trials, served on trial management committees and is a member of the AGITG lower GI working party... read more »

Dr Genni Newnham

Dr Genni Newnham

Dr. Genni Newnham (MBBS (Hons), MD, FRACP). Genni is a medical oncologist based at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. Her particular interests include cancers of the lung and GI tract. Genni graduated from The University of Melbourne in 1997. After obtaining her Fellowship, she went on to complete a lab-based MD thesis on molecular analysis of non-small cell lung carcinoma... read more »