During your treatment, you are likely to meet all the doctors across the medical team here at the St George Neuroendocrine Clinic. Medical oncologists are specialist doctors trained in the treatment of cancer including chemotherapy and targeted treatment. Nuclear medicine physicians are specialist physicians who work with radiopharmaceuticals to diagnose and treat disease.
We also work with upper gastrointestinal surgeons who operate on neuroendocrine tumours, radiation oncologists who treat cancer with high energy therapeutic x-rays and specialised interventional radiologists who perform minimally invasive image-guided procedures. We are all keen to work together to ensure our patients receive the best care, often with multiple treatment modalities during their cancer journey
MBBS FRACP
Dr David Thomas has a practice that focuses on the care of people with gastro – intestinal, Neuroendocrine (NET) and CNS (Brain) cancers. He has a special interest in looking after patients with cancers of the colon, pancreas and biliary tract and stomach and oesophagus. He is part of a Neuroendocrine Tumour (NET) Clinic and Multi-disciplinary team that provides treatment and care for people across NSW.
David graduated from Sydney University in 1995 and completed his Medical Oncology training through St George Hospital in 2003. In 2004 he worked as a Fellow in the Gastrointestinal Cancers Unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He now works at both St George and Sutherland Hospitals as a Staff Specialist and in Private Practice at St George Oncology Associates and the Southside Cancer Care Centre.
MBBS, MPH, FRACP
Dr Jennifer Lim is a medical oncologist who focuses on the care of neuroendocrine tumours and organising STING. She completed training in medical oncology in 2019 (FRACP) at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and Concord Hospitals and undertook a clinical fellowship at the Kinghorn Cancer Centre (St Vincent’s Hospital). She has been working as a staff specialist at St George Hospital since 2020 and is currently undertaking her PhD at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
BSc(Med) MBBS MClinT(R) PhD FRACP
Dr Katrin Sjoquist is a medical oncologist whose practice focuses on Gastrointestinal Cancers and Neuroendocrine Cancers. Dr Sjoquist is experienced in the management of cancers of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, hepatobiliary tract (cholangiocarcinoma) and all Neuroendocrine (NET) tumour sites.
Dr Sjoquist completed training in medical oncology in 2010 (FRACP) and subsequently completed a fellowship in clinical trials research and evidence-based medicine at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, obtaining a Master of Clinical Trials Research (USyd).
She is a lead investigator on several national and international trials of treatments to improve outcomes for patients with Gastrointestinal and Gynaecological cancers. In addition, Dr Sjoquist is committed to training and mentoring junior doctors and specialists, through her roles as a college examiner, steering committee member for the ACORD workshop, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney.
MA, MD, MBA, FRACP
Patrick Butler attended the University of New South Wales where he completed a Bachelor of Science (Medicine) and his undergraduate medical degrees before beginning basic physician training at St George Hospital followed by his advanced training in nuclear medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Upon returning to Sydney, he was appointed as Director of Nuclear Medicine at St George Hospital, a position he still holds today and he has participated in many St. George Hospital Committees.
He has been interested in targeted radionuclide therapy for many years using various radiolabelled molecules to target tumour cells with a particular interest in hepatocellular cancer and more recently, neuroendocrine tumours. As part of his undergraduate studies, he competed a Bachelor of Science (Medicine) with his thesis concerning the detection and measurement of catecholamines and serotonin in gastric mucosa in neuroendocrine cells and this interest has continued with his involvement with NET patients in STING.
Dr Butler has been an active member in the development of nuclear medicine in Australia having held various positions with the Australian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists, the Royal Australian College of Physicians and The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization. He is involved in several international and local research collaborations and is involved with undergraduate teaching at the University of New South Wales.
To Come
Sarennya is a dual trained medical oncologist and nuclear medicine physician, working at St George Hospital, Sydney. She studied medicine at UNSW, completed advanced training in medical oncology and nuclear medicine at a number of hospitals including St George and St Vincent’s Hospital
She is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, examining the role of PSMA as a diagnostic and therapeutic target. Her interest is in the current and future role of theranostics in the cancer treatment paradigm
She is a lead investigator on several national and international trials of treatments to improve outcomes for patients with Gastrointestinal and Gynaecological cancers. In addition, Dr Sjoquist is committed to training and mentoring junior doctors and specialists, through her roles as a college examiner, steering committee member for the ACORD workshop, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney.
CLINICAL CO-ORDINATOR
Speak to Erika for clinical questions:
Phone: (02) 9113 3127 Email: Erika.Hosking@health.nsw.gov.au
NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOUR CLINIC
ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Zakiafor bookings (including appointments, PET scans) and administrative enquiries:
Phone: (02) 9113 3124 Email: Zakia.Adhami@health.nsw.gov.au
NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOUR CLINIC
ADMINISTRATOR
For questions about radiation exposure or spills at home:
Phone: (02) 9113 3112 After Hours: St George Hospital
Switchboard 9113 1111 and ask for the oncall radiation safety officer
RADIATION ONCOLOGIST
UPPER GI SURGEONS
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST
RADIOLOGIST
GASTROENTEROLOGIST
ENDOCRINOLOGIST
ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGIST
