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Dr Jim Whittle
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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BSc., MBBS (Hons), FRACP | Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Dr Jim Whittle is a medical oncologist specialising in neuro-oncology and early phase clinical trials at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He has a special interest in new therapies to treat plexiform neurofibromas as well as brain tumours associated with neurofibromatosis and improving health related quality of life outcomes for patients.
Dr Jim Whittle is a medical oncologist specialising in neuro-oncology and early phase clinical trials at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He has a special interest in new therapies to treat plexiform neurofibromas as well as brain tumours associated with neurofibromatosis and improving health related quality of life outcomes for patients.
His clinical training was completed at Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, followed by a PhD and postdoctoral research (2015–2021) at the WEHI in the Visvader / Lindeman Laboratory. In 2021 Jim was appointed joint laboratory head with Dr Sarah Best and Saskia Freytag in the Personalised Oncology Division at WEHI as part of the establishment of the Brain Cancer Centre.