Dr LeeNa Chong is a consultant radiation oncologist at Icon Cancer Centre Wahroonga. She graduated from the University of Auckland School of Medicine New Zealand and completed physician training at Concord Repatriation General Hospital and specialty training at Westmead and Nepean Cancer Care Centres. In 2008 Dr Chong gained fellowship to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR).
Dr Chong has an ongoing special interest in the best practice management of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. She has presented at the RANZCR annual scientific meeting and published in the area of treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. Prior to her current position, Dr Chong worked as a staff specialist at the Breast Cancer Institute located within Westmead Hospital. She is currently investigating differing fractionation schedules and the role of brachytherapy in management of aggressive sarcomas. Dr Chong is also a clinical tutor for University of Sydney medical program based at the Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School. She actively supports and collaborates with medical and surgical oncologists in multi-centre clinical trials.
Her clinical experience covers a broad range of solid tumour malignancies with special interest in breast cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, palliative care, gastrointestinal cancer, sarcoma and haematological malignancies. Dr Chong is fluent in Mandarin and looks forward to working with patients in their language. She follows an integrated approach to patient management and actively participates in multidisciplinary team conferences to elevate the level of care for oncology patients.
