Associate Professor Ben Chua

Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology, Cancer Care Services, RBWH

A/Prof. Ben Chua is a consultant Radiation Oncologist at GenesisCare Rockhampton and Brisbane (Chermside). He qualified in medicine from the University of Queensland in 2007 and obtained his radiation oncology fellowship in 2015 after training in Queensland and regional New South Wales, including a fellowship in head & neck cancer.  In addition, he has an interest in complex skin, CNS, thoracic and haematological malignancies.

A/Prof. Chua has a conjoint appointment at the University of Queensland with an active academic portfolio, including over $2m in competitive grant funding, supervision of higher degree students, leadership of clinical trials as a chairperson and principal investigator, publications in international medical journals and presentations at international meetings,

He has recently been appointed as Reference Committee Co-Chair of eviQ, which sets national radiation oncology practice standards, and has a readership of over 80 000 health professionals. He is an invited member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Co-Operative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO), and is involved curriculum development for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists.