Dr Michael Chao (Radiation Oncologist)

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Name
Dr Wan Tein (Michael) Chao
Qualifications
Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery Monash University Australia 1991
Occupation
Radiation Oncologist
Gender
Male
Languages Spoken
Cantonese

Michael is a radiation oncologist specialising in breast, lower gastrointestinal and prostate cancers. He has over 12 years of experience as a radiation oncologist.

His particular area of expertise is in Prostate Brachytherapy, which includes both Iodine-125 low dose rate (LDR) permanent seed implants and Iridium-192 high dose rate (HDR) temporary implants for prostate cancers. He has directed the development of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) and ARC Radiation Therapy at ROV. He consults at the Ringwood and Frankston Radiation Oncology Centres. He has admitting rights to the Epworth Freemason's Hospital and Ringwood Private Hospital. He is also an honorary radiation oncologist at the Royal Melbourne and Maroondah Hospital.

Michael completed his MBBS at Monash University in 1991 graduating with honours. He won the Jean C. Tolhurst Prize in Medicine. He then completed 6 years of postgraduate training at the Repatriation Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre as a resident and registrar specialising in Radiation Oncology. He received his Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR) in 1999. This was followed by two years as a research fellow at the DNA Research Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He was both an NHMRC Scholar and Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Research Fellow.

He commenced as a consultant radiation oncologist in 2000 joining Radiation Oncology Victoria.

Michael is a member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Australasian Society of Breast Diseases, Australian Gastrointestinal Trials Group, American Brachytherapy Society, Australasian Brachytherapy Group and the Victorian Co-operative Oncology Group as a representative in the Colorectal Cancer Committee. He also represented oncology on the Medical Advisory Committee at Freemason's Hospital from 2001-2005.

He has presented and published widely on a range of subjects in radiation oncology. He is involved in clinical trials and currently has a number of ongoing studies in prostate and breast cancer. He regularly attends international conferences, and keeps abreast of all latest developments in radiation oncology, particularly in his areas of interest.

Affiliated Clinics
Victorian Breast & Oncology Care
GenesisCare Centre for radiation oncology - Berwick
GenesisCare Centre for radiation oncology - Frankston
GenesisCare Centre for radiation oncology - Ringwood
Affiliated Organisations
GenesisCare Centre for radiation oncology

Practice Locations

VIC

Victorian Breast & Oncology Care
Level 2
166 Gipps Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 
Australia
03 9417 4666
03 9417 4498
GenesisCare Centre for radiation oncology - Berwick
St John Of God Berwick Specialist Centre
55 Kangan Drive
Berwick VIC 3806 
Australia
03 8794 2700
03 8794 2710
GenesisCare Centre for radiation oncology - Frankston
Frankston Private Hospital
5 Susono Way
Frankston VIC 3199 
Australia
03 9781 8200
03 9781 8282
GenesisCare Centre for radiation oncology - Ringwood
Ringwood Private Hospital
36 Mount Dandenong Road
Ringwood East VIC 3135 
Australia
03 8870 3300
03 8870 3388