Brian Le is a Palliative Care Physician and Medical Oncologist, and is Precinct Director of Palliative Care at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (appointed 2008), and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (appointed 2016), and honorary Professor (Clinical) at The University of Melbourne (appointed 2009). His other appointments include honorary associate Fellow in Palliative Care, University of Technology Sydney, and he is co-Chair of the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative.
Alongside fulltime clinical and service leadership responsibilities, Brian has a career total of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has received in total $4.2million as chief investigator and is associate investigator for a further $4 million, from funders including the National Health and Medical Research Council, Cancer Australia and the Cancer Council Victoria.
Brian has held numerous roles providing advice to Government and community organisations in relation to Palliative Care, including as a member of the Victorian Clinical Council, and to the Commonwealth Government and New South Wales Health. He is a previous Chair of Palliative Care Victoria.
Brian additionally has a keen interest in Medical Education, including as past Chair of the Training Committee for Palliative Medicine, with oversight of the training and certification of all specialists in Palliative Medicine across Australia and New Zealand.
