Speaker Details

Ms Mel Laan

Mel Laan was appointed the Specialist Lung Cancer Nurse Consultant in oncology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 2017. After completing her Graduate Diploma in Oncology Nursing Science in 2015, she is now studying to be a Nurse Practitioner. She is able to bring a national perspective from her involvement in the Australian and New Zealand Lung Cancer Nurses committee (ANZ-LCNF) where she currently serves on the Education Council. She is currently the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) representative on the National Lung Cancer Screening Expert Advisory Committee and is eager to see a stage shift in lung cancer at diagnosis as a result of a successful screening program.