This webinar will be presented by Dr Jeremy de Leon, Radiation Oncologist at GenesisCare St Vincent's Sydney. Jeremy will explain radiotherapy and its role in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
Dr Jeremy de Leon
Radiation Oncologist, Head of MRI Linac and Research, Director of Training
Jeremy completed a Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics prior to graduating from a Bachelor of Medicine with Honours in 2006 from the University of Sydney. He completed his radiation oncology training at Liverpool, Campbelltown and Canberra Hospitals, followed by a Fellowship at the Royal North Shore Hospital.
Jeremy subsequently took up a staff specialist position at the Illawarra and Shoalhaven Cancer Therapy Centres, prior to joining GenesisCare, St Vincent's in Sydney, as the Clinical Lead of the MRIgRT program. His clinical interests are upper GI, urogenital and lung cancers. Jeremy and his team started the Australian first, dose escalated MRI Guided Pancreatic Radiotherapy program. This program aims to deliver higher doses of radiotherapy using MRI Guided technology which has been shown to improve patient outcomes. He and his team are the most experience in MRI Guided Radiotherapy treatment in Australia.
Jeremy is an active clinician researcher and investigator in international and national clinical trials and has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences. His main interest is in modern treatment techniques to improve patient outcomes.
Sofia Casbolt
Head of Programs
Sofia is the Head of Programs at PanKind The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation and webinar Host.