About Us
Both our centres have current state of the art treatment and planning equipment.
Wahroonga
Radiation Oncology Institute - Wahroonga is located in the suburb of the same name on the Upper North Shore of Sydney. Situated in the grounds of the Sydney Adventist Hospital, Radiation Oncology Institute - Wahroonga is a private medical specialist practice originally founded in Macquarie Street Sydney in 1936. Since then the practice has grown and in 1976 commenced in its current site as the second Practice in New South Wales to be located outside of a Public Hospital. Today Radiation Oncology Institute - Wahroonga has two Linear Accelerators. In 2004 an Elekta Synergy was installed followed by an Elekta Precise in 2005, both of which have photon and electron capability, multileaf collimation and electronic portal imaging.
Regular clinics are held in Orange to facilitate the treatment of country patients. Should patients be required to attend for treatment at Radiation Oncology Institute - Wahroonga, affordable accommodation is available at Jacaranda Lodge within the grounds of the hospital.
Gosford
In 1994 land was purchased in the centre of Gosford for the purpose of building new premises to service the patients of the Central Coast who had been travelling to Sydney for treatment. The Gosford centre was opened for its first patients in August 1995 with one Varian Clinic 600C linear accelerator with a Ximatron Simulator added in October 2005. Today Radiation Oncology Institute - Gosford remains the only radiation therapy facility on the Central Coast and treats more than 500 new patients every year.
Regular clinics are held in Toukley and Toronto for patients in these areas. Treatment is then carried out at our Gosford Centre.
Meet Our Doctors
Dr. Richard A Foster B.Sc., B.Med.Sci., M.B., B.S., F.R.A.N.Z.C.R.
Dr. Richard Foster graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1982 and has trained in radiation oncology at centres in Newcastle , then in Sydney at the Prince of Wales and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals .
In addition to his admission privileges at the Sydney Adventist Hospital , Dr. Foster consults at Gosford District Hospital and the Hornsby and Kuringai District Hospital as an Honorary Visiting Medical Officer.
Dr. Foster has published in the Australian Medical Literature and presented at the annual scientific meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists. He has also presented discussion papers at the request of specialists and lay groups and refereed articles submitted to the College journal.
Dr Foster's main interests include cancers of the breast, prostate, bowel, lung, head and neck and an interest in palliative care.
His current memberships include RANZCR and ASTRO.
Dr. Edward C Sun M.B., B.S., F.R.A.N.Z.C.R.
Dr. Edward Sun graduated from the University of Sydney in 1982 and has undertaken specialty training at Westmead Hospital and the Prince of Wales Hospital. In 1984, he was awarded both the NSW State Cancer Council Training Fellowship in Radiotherapy and the C.E. Eddy Prize in the D.R.A.C.R. Part 1 examination.
After two years at the Institute of Radiotherapy Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong leading the Gynaecology Oncology Clinic and Brachytherapy, Dr Sun returned to join the Sydney Radiotherapy and Oncology practice in 1992 and currently consults at the Sydney Adventist Hospital, Gosford, Hornsby , Kuringai Hospital and North Gosford Private Hospital. He is a consultant in Radiation Oncology to the Central Coast Area Health Service and a Clinical Teacher with the University of Sydney and the
University of Newcastle.
Current memberships of Dr Sun include ASTRO, ESTRO, ASCI, GUOG, NSW Co-operative Oncology Group , ANZ Head and Neck Society and Australasian Brachytherapy Group .
Dr. Sun has particular interest in breast, urological and head and neck cancer lymphomas and Brachytherapy treaments of various malignancies including prostate and gynaecological cancers.
Dr. Amy Yuen Meei Teh BSc(Med) MBBS(Hons) FRANZCR
Dr. Amy Teh graduated with Honors from the University of New South Wales in 2001, and has undertaken specialty training in Radiation Oncology at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, as well as Andrew Love Cancer Centre (Victoria), Austin and Ballarat Radiation Oncology Centers (Victoria). Dr. Teh also undertook part of her specialty training at The Cancer Institute at the National University Hospital in Singapore where she worked primarily in Head and Neck and Gynecological Oncology. Dr. Teh pursued further research in Breast Oncology at Princess Margaret Hospital in Canada, where she was awarded the “Weekend to End Breast Cancer Research Fellowship” for her work. Whilst in Canada, Dr. Teh also worked in the areas of gynecological oncology, hematology and prostate cancers. Dr. Teh has returned to join the Sydney and Central Coast Radiotherapy and Oncology Centers in August 2009.
Dr. Teh has published on breast cancer and lung cancer in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics and the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. She has presented both locally and internationally, at the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists (RANZCR) Annual Scientific Meeting in Melbourne, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting in Los Angeles, and the University of Toronto Radiation Oncology Scientific Meeting in Toronto.
Dr. Teh is a member of the RANZCR, ASTRO, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Brachytherapy Society (ABS), and Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO). She continues with her research in breast cancer, and also has special interest in Palliative Medicine.
Dr Andrew Fong BSc (Med), MB, BS, FRANZCR
Dr Andrew Fong graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2000, and has undertaken specialty training at Prince of Wales Hospital and the Royal North Shore Hospital. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists in February 2009.
Dr Fong was appointed one of the inaugural Hospira Withers and Peters Fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists in 2009, and focused on research at the Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes, Research, and Evaluation (CCORE) and at Liverpool Hospital. His research evaluated the utilisation of breast cancer treatment, and he was lead author on a large multinational study comparing breast cancer treatment rates between Australia, Canada, and Scotland. The results of his research were presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in San Diego in November 2010, and he presented the full results at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas in December 2010. He has also presented papers locally at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Annual Scientific Meeting in Sydney and Singapore.
Dr Fong has published on breast cancer and electronic healthcare both locally in the Journal for Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, as well as internationally in The Breast, with articles still in press. He is currently completing a Masters in Electronic Healthcare.
Dr Fong is a member of RANZCR, and the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group. He has been actively involved in teaching at the Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, as well having an appointment as a conjoint associate lecturer at the University of New South Wales, at the Liverpool Clinical School. He is also Chair of the RANZCR Website Management Committee, with a focus on electronic learning.
Dr Fong has particular interests in breast cancer, head and neck cancer, as well as intensity modulated radiation therapy.
Dr Lee Na Chong – BHB, MBChB, FRANZCR
Dr Lee Na Chong graduated from the University of Auckland School of Medicine New Zealand in 1999. Dr Chong completed specialty training at Concord Repatriation and General Hospital
In 2001 and Westmead and Nepean Cancer Care Centres in 2002. Two Children and a short career break later, she was the awarded the Fellowship of Royal Australian and New Zealand College
Of Radiologist (RANZCR) in October 2008.
Dr Chong is a regular attendee at the Australasian Annual/Bi-annual Radiation Oncology Meetings including Leura Breast Meetings, Uro-oncology Group Meetings and Scientific Meetings for
Radiation Oncologists. Memberships include RANZCR, TROG (Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group) and the ANZ BCT (Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trial Group).
