Meet our panel of medical specialists

Dr Dean Harris is a medical oncologist working for Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury. He is tumour lead for gastrointestinal and central nervous system malignancies and has a particular interest in 5-Fluorouracil cardiotoxicity. Dr Harris trained in Christchurch before going on to complete his fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London working on phase 1 drug development trials. Dr Harris is an honorary clinical lecturer and the director of training in Christchurch. Dr Harris is also a clinical investigator and has been a principal investigator on numerous international trials. His main research interest is in gastrointestinal cancers with a focus on 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy. He is an active collaborator in trial group research from investigator lead organisations along with several phase 2 and 3 studies in GI, lung and CNS cancers. Alongside his hospital work, he has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières in Darfur, Sudan... read more »

MD (Zagreb), FRACP Dragan is a medical oncologist at Auckland City Hospital and Auckland Oncology. His area of expertise is the whole spectrum of gastrointestinal tumours. He has been actively advocating for patients with colorectal cancers through multiple submissions for funding of new drugs and as a medical advisor to Bowel Cancer New Zealand... read more »