Print this pageGMCT Gynaecological Oncology Committee
A joint committee between the Cancer Institute NSW and the Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce
Co - Chair: Kim Hobbs
Ms Kim Hobbs, Senior Social Worker, Westmead Hospital
Kim Hobbs holds a Masters degree in Social Work. She has a long career in oncology social work, and has been working at Westmead Hospital since 1994 in the Department of Gynaecological Oncology.
She has been involved in the development of educational resources for both clinicians and consumers, and her participation in several multidisciplinary research projects has resulted in publications in international journals. Current research initiatives include qualitative research with advanced ovarian cancer patients, sexuality for patients and partners following treatment for cancer, the needs of cancer caregivers, training and support needs of cancer support group leaders and unmet needs of young women with gynaecological cancer.
She has written two chapters in a recently published Australian book, Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients, as well as co-authoring a chapter in Gynaecological Cancer: A Guide to Practice, edited by Tish Lancaster and Kath Nattress who are both Clinical Nurse Consultants in Gynaecological Cancer.
Kim advocates for improved psychosocial support services for people with cancer and their families through her involvement in various working parties and committees. She believes that psychosocial care should be an integral component of comprehensive cancer care for all people with cancer and their caregivers throughout the treatment trajectory.
Co - Chair: Associate Professor Russell Hogg
Clinical Associate Professor Russell Hogg, Gynaecological Oncologist, Westmead Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor Russell Hogg is a Gynaecological Oncologist from the Sydney West Area Health Service and is based at Westmead Hospital. He subspecialised in Gynaecological Oncology after training at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney, St Stephans Hospital in Budapest, Hungary and King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth.
In addition to caring for women with gynaecological cancer, he is a member of the Human Research Ethics Advisory Committee of the Sydney West Area Health Service, the Information Advisory Group of the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre and the Skilled Cancer Professional Group at the Cancer Institute of NSW. His research interests include the biology of low grade and high grade ovarian cancers with respect to screening and treatment and the treatment of cancers of the uterus with laparoscopic surgery. He is the Chair of the Clinical Guidelines Review Group for Gynaecological Oncology at the GMCT and is on the Working Group for the Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cancer Australia.
