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.

Clinical A/Prof Anna Johnston

Clinical A/Prof Anna Johnston

Anna is a staff specialist haematologist at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Head of Clinical Haematology and the Tasmanian Statewide Bone Marrow Transplant service. She trained in Sydney, Canberra and France before returning to Hobart in 2011. Her main research interest is haematological malignancy, particularly lymphoma and supportive care. Anna is an active member of the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG) and a member of the low grade lymphoma and supportive care disease committees. Anna is a principal investigator for the PETReA study which is investigating PET-adapted therapy in post-induction treatment of follicular lymphoma. She was successful with her co-investigators in obtaining a NHMRC grant to enable expansion of this international study in Australia. Anna enjoys the challenge of diagnosis and management of a broad range of haematologic disorders including malignancies and benign disorders... read more »

Dr Pietro Di Ciaccio

Dr Pietro Di Ciaccio

Pietro Di Ciaccio is a clinical haematologist at Sydney Adventist and St Vincent’s Private Hospitals, and laboratory haematologist at Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology. He has particular clinical and research interests in lymphomas, and haematological cancers in pregnant women... read more »

Professor Mark Hertzberg

Professor Mark Hertzberg

Mark Hertzberg is Head of Clinical Haematology at the Prince of Wales Hospital. He is immediate past Scientific Chairs of the Australasian Leukaemia Lymphoma Group (ALLG) and the ALLG High Grade Lymphoma Group. He is a Past President of the Haematology Society of Australia New Zealand (HSANZ), and a previous CJ Martin post-doctoral NHMRC fellow. He is a member of the Scientific Organising Committee of the International Symposium on Hodgkin Lymphoma, and the Lymphoma Working Party of the CIBMTR... read more »