Prof David Christie
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Prof. David Christie

Prof. David Christie
David
Christie

Languages spoken

English

Expert in

Blood, genitourinary, prostate, urological, lymphoma, skin cancers and benign diseases suitable for radiotherapy.

Overview

Centres

Tugun (Oncology)
Tugun (Oncology)

John Flynn Private Hospital, 42 Inland Drive, Tugun QLD 4224

-28.15422997585051, 153.48749091328483
/au/our-centres/tugun-qld-oncology
Southport (Oncology)
Southport (Oncology)

Premion Place, 39 White St, Southport QLD 4215

-27.972222699999982, 153.4110924
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Specialises in

Benign
Condition
Condition/Benign Conditions
Condition/Benign Conditions/Plantar Fasciitis
Blood cancer
Condition
Condition/Cancer
Condition/Cancer/Blood Cancer
Genitourinary cancer
Condition
Condition/Cancer
Condition/Cancer/Genitourinary Cancer
Prostate cancer
Condition
Condition/Cancer
Condition/Cancer/Prostate Cancer
Skin cancer
Condition
Condition/Cancer
Condition/Cancer/Skin Cancer

Treatments

Brachytherapy
Service
Service/Cancer
Service/Cancer/Radiation Oncology
Service/Cancer/Radiation Oncology/Brachytherapy
Prostate cancer spacers
Service
Service/Cancer
Service/Cancer/Radiation Oncology
Service/Cancer/Radiation Oncology/Prostate Cancer Spacers
Radiation therapy
Service
Service/Cancer
Service/Cancer/Radiation Oncology
Service/Cancer/Radiation Oncology/Radiation Therapy
Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
Service
Service/Cancer
Service/Cancer/Radiation Oncology
Service/Cancer/Radiation Oncology/Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

Special clinical interests in blood, genitourinary, prostate, urological, lymphoma, skin cancers and benign diseases suitable for radiotherapy.

Professor David Christie is based on the Gold Coast and attends GenesisCare treatment centres at Tugun and Southport. He also attends clinics at Pindara Private Hospital and in Northern NSW (Byron Bay and Tweed Hospital).

David qualified in Medicine from New Zealand’s University of Otago in 1987 and completed Radiation Oncology training in Sydney in 1995, at which time he moved to Queensland and commenced full-time practice. David has experience in treating all cancers that require radiotherapy but has a special interest in urological cancer and lymphoma, including brachytherapy for prostate cancer.

He is actively involved in research including national and international clinical trials. He has research and teaching roles with the University of New England as well as Bond and Griffith Universities.

Special clinical interests include urological cancer (including prostate brachytherapy), skin cancer (including wide field radiotherapy), benign diseases (including dupuytren’s disease), lymphoma and patients eligible for clinical trials.

Until recently, he was an editor for the only Radiation Oncology medical journal that is based in Australia, JMIRO.

Consults at:

Tugun
Southport
Pindara Private Hospital
The Tweed Hospital
Byron Bay

Professional memberships

  • Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG)
  • Journal of Medical Imaging & Radiation Oncology (former Editor)
  • Bond University
  • Griffith University
  • University of New England
  • The European Society for Radiation and Oncology (ESTRO)

Publications