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Professor Dorothy Keefe PSM

Professor Dorothy Keefe is the CEO of Cancer Australia, Australia’s national cancer agency. Prior to this she was a medical oncologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), and Professor of Cancer Medicine at the University of Adelaide. Her long-term research interest has been Supportive Care in Cancer, with a particular focus on gastrointestinal toxicity of cancer therapy. She has a strong interest in health reform, career development and mentoring. She is committed to patient-centred care, reducing unnecessary variation in cancer outcomes, and to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by cancer. During her tenure as CEO, she has led the enquiry into Lung Cancer Screening, resulting in the setting up of a national lung cancer screening program, and the development of the first national Australian Cancer Plan which she is now responsible for implementing.