Dr Marie Burke qualified in medicine from the University of Queensland in 1982, and was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) in 1989. Marie commenced private practice in radiation oncology at The Wesley in 1995.

She has been involved in National Breast Cancer Guideline development for Cancer Australia, as well as eviQ protocol development in breast cancer. Currently Dr Burke is Vice-Patron of the Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland.

She completed her training at The Queensland Radium Institute, based at the Royal Brisbane and Womens’ Hospital and the Mater Hospital. Her first consultant position was also at the QRI, at RBWH and at the Mater.

A cancer journey can be a difficult one to navigate. It is a pleasure and honour to guide my patients along this pathway back to wellness wherever possible.

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Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to oncology, Australia Day Honours (2022)
Chief Medical Officer, GenesisCare Australia (2022–2025)
Doctor Engagement Leader, Oncology, GenesisCare Australia
Member, Radiation Oncology Faculty Council, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Member, Economics and Workforce Committee, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Secretary and Treasurer (former), Australasian Society of Breast Diseases
Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors Course (February 2026)

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)
Australian Medical Association (AMA) Federal
Australian Medical Association (AMA) Queensland
Australasian Society for Breast Disease (ASBD)
Breast Cancer Trials Group
Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG)
Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA)
Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)

Burke, M. F., Allison, R., & Tripcony, L. (1995). Conservative therapy of breast cancer in Queensland. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 31(2), 295–303. https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(94)00394-9
Bennett, I. C., McCaffrey, J. F., Baker, C. A., Burke, M. F., Lee, J. F., & Balderson, G. A. (1990). Changing patterns in the presentation of breast cancer over 25 years. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 60(9), 665–671. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197
Leung, J., Munro, P. L., James, M., & Economic and Workforce Committee. (2015). Faculty of Radiation Oncology 2014 workforce census. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 59(6), 717–727. https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.12320
McKinnon, R., Christie, D., Peres, H., Burke, M., Le, T., & Lah, M. (2009). The prone technique for breast irradiation: Is it ready for clinical trials? The Breast, 18(1), 30–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2008.09.006
Cancer Australia. (2015). Recommendations for use of hypofractionated breast radiation for early (operable) breast cancer (M. Burke et al., contributors). https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/publications-and-resources/clinical-practice-guidelines/recommendations-use-hypofractionated-breast-radiation-early-operable-breast-cancer

Dr Burke is committed to clinical research, and has been the principal investigator on trials including STARS at GenesisCare, The Wesley.
Dr Burke's interests include patient satisfaction, quality control in radiation oncology, and mentoring junior colleagues, as well as clinical governance.

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