Published on: 16 April 2014

David Joske 2009

The editor stumbled across an interesting talk delivered at TEDx by Clinical Professor David Joske (1976). David has been Head of Haematology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital since 1994. His clinical and research interests include the treatment of lymphomas, palliative care in haematology and supportive care in cancer. He has held two NHMRC Grants, one examining models of palliative care in haematology and also a randomised controlled trial of his own shared cancer model. In 2001, David launched the SolarisCare Foundation and is currently its chairman. The Foundation has administered over 35,000 complementary therapy treatments and now treats 7,000 Western Australians annually with cancer in four centres in Perth and regional WA. He was awarded the John Curtin Medal in 2005 and has been a finalist for the Western Australian of the Year for the Australia Day Council and Celebrate WA. To view David’s talk titled Bringing humanity to health care, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwbMQYwgzWE