Board Members
What started as the Group for Women With Secondary Breast Cancer, sponsored by the Women’s Psychotherapy Service, has now become the Advanced Breast Cancer Group Ltd, registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC).
The Board Members are..
Assoc Prof Dr Jane Turner
Mr Bernard Houston
Ms Pia Hirsch
Mrs Mary O’Brien
Reference Group for the Advanced Breast Cancer Group
Professor Patsy Yates, Faculty of Health, QUT,Acting Director, Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education, Queensland Health
Dr Jane Turner – Senior lecturer, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Queensland
Mrs Mary O’Brien – Group Psychotherapist, Project Manager
Ms Pia Hirsch – Group Psychotherapist, Project Manager
Ms Maria Shorley – Consumer
Dr. Nicole McCarthy – Medical Oncologist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Dr Chris Pyke – Surgeon, Mater Hospital
Dr Robyn Cheuk – Senior Radiation Oncologist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Dr Robyn Box, MPhty PhD, Physiotherapist, QLD Lymphoedema & Breast Oncology Physiotherapy
Ms Linda T Barrett – Breast Care Nurse, Townsville
Ms Marion Strong – Breast Care Nurse, Toowoomba
Ms Kathy Jones – Breast Care Nurse, Townsville
Mr Michael Bishop, Cancer Care Co-Ordinator, RBWH
Exercise
Skiing – hire snow shoes which are almost as much fun as skiing, but lessen the chance of doing damage if you fall over. (And lessen the chance of falling over.)