DrAmeliaMcCartney

Dr Amelia McCartney obtained her medical degree from the University of Sydney. She completed her specialist training in Victoria in centres including Epworth Freemasons, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University Hospital Geelong and Royal Melbourne Hospital.

She completed a four‐year fellowship in translational and clinical breast cancer research under the supervision and mentorship of Dr Angelo Di Leo in Prato, Italy. Dr McCartney's areas of research interest are the discovery and trialling of biomarkers related to prognosis and early response to treatment, mechanisms of treatment resistance, and strategies of safely de‐escalating treatment. Research relating to her fellowship have been presented at meetings including the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. She is a serving member of several international collaborative trial committees under the auspices of the International Breast Cancer Study Group and the Breast International Group.

Dr McCartney works exclusively in the field of breast cancer, and holds a public appointment at Monash Health. She is active in clinical trials and is principal investigator of multiple studies. She is a member of the scientific advisory committee of the Breast Cancer Trials group, and currently chairs their Systemic Therapies subgroup.