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Sc (Hons), MB BCh (Hons), MRCPI, FRACP, RCPI, MPH
Senior Respiratory Specialist, Department of Allergy, Immunology & Respiratory Medicine
Alfred Health, Monash University
Associate Professor Robert Stirling is a Senior Respiratory Specialist and Lead Clinician at Alfred Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Meeting at The Alfred Hospital, Prahran as well as treating medical specialist at Epworth Health, Richmond.
Robert is currently a honorary lecturer and senior clinical educator at Monash University, Department of Medicine and is actively involved in clinical teaching with third and final year Monash University medical students, resident medical officers and respiratory registrars.
His sub-specialist interests are allergy immunology including asthma, rhinitis, urticaria, bronchiectasis, COPD, inflammatory lung disease and lung cancer. His research interests include the improvement of quality of care in lung cancer, and chronic sinus and lung infection and the multidisciplinary meetings in lung cancer care. Robert is the co-coordinating principle investigator for the VLCR, and chair of the VLCR Steering Committee. He has recently completed and published an expert panel consensus guidelines for the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement for Lung Cancer and has over 60 peer reviewed publications and conference abstract publications in the area of respiratory medicine.
Robert has numerous professional associations and such as the Australian Lung Foundation, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy. Active member of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer and sits on the Quality and Value Taskforce for Lung Cancer Care. He is currently leads VLCR engagement for the Victorian Lung Cancer Redesign Program with the Department of Health Human Services. He is also a member of the Southern Melbourne Integrated Lung Cancer Leadership Group, Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Groups and former member of the Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group with Cancer Council Victoria.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Allergy immunology
- Asthma
- Rhinitis
- Urticaria
- Bronchiectasis
- COPD
- Inflammatory lung disease
- Lung cancer
Network
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Determining patterns of care and access to novel therapies for mesothelioma
Harden, S., Schofield, P. E., Zalcberg, J., Stirling, R. & MacFarlane, E.
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Establishing a Jeffrey Modell Center in Melbourne, Australia.
van Zelm, M., Choo, S., Bosco, J. J., Slade, C., Bryant, V., Ojaimi, S., Barnes, S., Holdsworth, S., Gowdie, P., Douglass, J., Unglik, G., Richards, S., Smart, J. M., Mehr, S., Akikusa, J. D., Allen, R., Cole, T., Taranto, M., Stirling, R., Cameron, P. U., O'Hehir, R., Gugasyan, R., Masters, S. L. & Moghaddas, F.
19/10/17 → 19/10/23
Project: Research
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The Victorian lung cancer initiative
Watkins, N., Ashley, D. M., Brown, T., Fox, S. B., Irving, L. B., Millar, J., Mitchell, P., Solomon, B. J., Stirling, R., Wright, G. M., Ganju, V., John, T., MacManus, M. & Waring, P. M.
6/06/11 → 5/06/14
Project: Research
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A comparison of outcomes and survival between Victoria and Denmark in lung cancer surgery: opportunities for international benchmarking
Stenger, M., Jakobsen, E., Wright, G., Zalcberg, J. & Stirling, R. G., May 2022, In: ANZ Journal of Surgery. 92, 5, p. 1050-1055 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Development of an Australia and New Zealand Lung Cancer Clinical Quality Registry: a protocol paper
Smith, S., Brand, M., Harden, S., Briggs, L., Leigh, L., Brims, F., Brooke, M., Brunelli, V. N., Chia, C., Dawkins, P., Lawrenson, R., Duffy, M., Evans, S., Leong, T., Marshall, H., Patel, D., Pavlakis, N., Philip, J., Rankin, N., Singhal, N., & 8 others , 29 Aug 2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 8, 11 p., 060907.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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GM-CSF antibodies in artificial stone associated silicoproteinosis: A case report and literature review
Khan, S. N. S., Stirling, R. G., Mclean, C. A., Russell, P. A. & Hoy, R. F., Sep 2022, In: Respirology Case Reports. 10, 9, 5 p., e01021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Impacts of lung cancer multidisciplinary meeting presentation: Drivers and outcomes from a population registry retrospective cohort study
Lin, T., Pham, J., Paul, E., Conron, M., Wright, G., Ball, D., Mitchell, P., Atkin, N., Brand, M., Zalcberg, J. & Stirling, R. G., Jan 2022, In: Lung Cancer. 163, p. 69-76 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Nebulised sargramostim in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Livingstone, C., Corallo, C., Siemienowicz, M., Pilcher, D. & Stirling, R. G., Jul 2022, In: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 88, 7, p. 3523-3528 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review