May 17, 2021
Dr Beydoun is a Fellow of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (Faculty of Radiation Oncology).
She obtained her Bachelor of Medicine from the University of New South Wales in 2004. Her interest in Oncology commenced during her years as a medical officer at Bankstown Hospital, which propelled her to complete her training in radiation oncology at the St George Hospital.
She then undertook her subspecialty training in genitourinary cancer and brachytherapy at the St George Hospital Prostate cancer Institute (2012, 2013), with completion of hundreds of prostate brachytherapy implants, and publications on the use of Iodine-125 thinseeds, exercise intervention and hormonal therapy in prostate cancer patients, and polyethylene glycol hydrogel spacer use to ameliorate rectal toxicity in prostate radiotherapy.
Bruce Bennett says new technology that zeroes in on hard-to-target prostate cancer is a great advancement – he just wishes it had arrived earlier, and cheaper. After three biopsies, dating back to 2005, that missed his cancer, Bennett – a 65-year-old retired Wellington teacher – was tested earlier this year with new fusion biopsy technology, which found […]
Read moreAcurity Health Group and property partner Vital Healthcare Property Trust have confirmed base isolators will be employed in the $106 million re-development of Wellington’s Wakefield Hospital enabling it to remain operational after a major earthquake. Wellington City Council has granted a Resource Consent for the proposed new hospital. Enabling works are currently underway with construction expected […]
Read moreBase isolators will be part of Wakefield Hospital’s $106 million redevelopment to ensure it can keep operating following a major earthquake. Plans were announced in November to bowl most of Wellington’s largest private hospital, in Newtown, to make way for an upgrade which will give patients access to state-of-the art facilities. Acurity Health Group and property partner Vital […]
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