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Personal profile
Biography
Wee Loon Ong graduated from Monash University with BMedSci and MBBS. Following completion of internship at the Alfred Health, he pursued an MPhil in Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge, graduating first in the cohort with the GSK Prize. He subsequently undertook Radiation Oncology specialist training through the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) Clinician-Scientist Training Pathway within the Victorian/ Tasmanian Network, rotating through the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre, and Austin Health Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre, while concurrently pursuing a Doctorate of Medicine (MD) higher research degree through the University of Cambridge. He is currently a Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Fellow at the Alfred Health Radiation Oncology. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
He is actively involved in the RANZCR College activities, including: being the past Chair of the Radiation Oncology Trainee Committee (ROTC), a member of the Faculty of Radiation Oncology (FRO) Council, the FRO Quality Improvement Committee (QIC), the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) Management Committee, as well as the Network Governance Committee for the Victoria/ Tasmania Radiation Oncology Training Network (VICTRANET). He is involved in the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) as a member of the Genitourinary Working Party. He is also a member of the European Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Trial Group (ANZUP), Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO), and Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trial Group (AGITG).
Research interests
His clinical interests are primarily in genitourinary (GU) cancers (including brachytherapy), and central nervous system (CNS) cancers. His research interests are in health services, including research on contemporary pattern of cancer care, and adoption of evidence-based practice in radiation oncology using population-based administrative healthcare databases and registry database such as the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry (PCOR). He was involved in the development of value-based patient-centred standard set of breast cancer outcomes as part of the ICHOM Breast Cancer Working Group. He has published widely, relative to opportunity, with more than 30 publications to date, including first author publications in JAMA Oncology, and Medical Journal of Australia. He is peer-reviewer for several journals including the British Journal of Cancer, Radiotherapy and Oncology, and BJUI.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Epidemiology, MPhil, University of Cambridge
2012 → 2013
MBBS, MONASH UNIVERSITY
2005 → 2010
Genetic Epidemiology, BMedSc, MONASH UNIVERSITY
2009
MD, University of Cambridge
2018 → …
External positions
Radiation Oncologist, Alfred Health
1 Sep 2021 → …
Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Fellow, Alfred Health
1 Mar 2021 → 1 Sep 2021
Radiation Oncology Clinical Research Fellow, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute
1 May 2018 → 1 Feb 2020
Adjunct Fellow, University of Melbourne
1 May 2018 → …
Research Fellow, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement
1 May 2015 → 31 Dec 2016
Network
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Identifying clinician-related barriers to active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer in Australia and New Zealand
Lawrentschuk, N., Thangasamy, I., Ong, W. L., Murphy, D. G., Pritchard, E., Evans, S., Millar, J., Chalasani, V., Rashid, P., Winter, M. W., Vela, I., Pryor, D. & Mark, S.
4/09/19 → 3/09/21
Project: Research
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Changing pattern of radiation therapy for bone metastases in an Australian population-based cohort of men with prostate cancer
Ong, W. L., Milne, R. L., Foroudi, F. & Millar, J. L., 1 Feb 2022, In: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. 20, 1, p. 7-15 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Choosing Wisely in radiation therapy for breast cancer: Time lag in adoption of hypofractionated radiation therapy in Victoria
Ong, W. L., Khor, R., Chao, M., Milne, R. L., Millar, J. & Foroudi, F., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 65, 2, p. 224-232 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Evolving Practice Pattern of Palliative Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases from Lung Cancer in Australia
Ong, W. L., Ball, D. L., Milne, R. L., Foroudi, F. & Millar, J. L., 1 Dec 2021, In: Clinical Oncology. 33, 12, p. E530-E539 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases at the end of life in Victoria
Ong, W. L., Foroudi, F., Milne, R. L. & Millar, J. L., Mar 2021, In: The Medical Journal of Australia. 214, 5, p. 236-237.e1 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Prognostic performance of qSOFA in oncology patients admitted to the emergency department with suspected infection
Koh, T. L., Canet, E., Amjad, S., Bellomo, R., Taylor, D., Gan, H. K., Marhoon, N., Lim, A., Ong, W. L., Krishnan, V. & Khor, R., Feb 2021, In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. 17, 1, p. 94-100 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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AGITG New Concept Award (Runner up)
Ong, Wee Loon (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ANZUP/ Bayer Travel Fellowship
Ong, Wee Loon (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ANZUP/ Bayer Travel Fellowship
Ong, Wee Loon (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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COGNO/ Elekta Radiation Oncology Trainee Scholarship
Ong, Wee Loon (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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EMUC Best Poster in Prostate Cancer (3rd Prize)
Ong, Wee Loon (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Cancers (Journal)
Wee Loon Ong (Peer reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group Annual Scientific Meeting
Wee Loon Ong (Member of programme committee)
2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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RANZCR Radiation Oncology Research Committee
Wee Loon Ong (Member)
2022 → 2024Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Health Research Board Ireland Grant Peer Reviewer
Wee Loon Ong (Reviewer)
2021Activity: External Academic Engagement › Grant review responsibilities
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Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) CNS Working Group
Wee Loon Ong (Member)
2021 → 2024Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups