Dr Harris graduated from Adelaide University Medical School and has extensive postgraduate general medical, oncological and palliative care experience. He completed his physician training at the Austin Health Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in Melbourne.
In 2013, he completed medical oncology advanced training at Bendigo Health, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Austin Repatriation Hospital. His final year was a clinical trials fellowship in breast cancer, gastro-intestinal tumours and genitourinary cancers. His specialty areas are in breast cancer, melanoma, lung cancer, and general oncology.
Between 2014 and 2016, Dr Harris undertook a fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, United Kingdom, working initially in the Sarcoma Unit and subsequently with Prof Johann De Bono in the Drug Development Unit (phase 1 trials) and the prostate team. During this time, he worked on the early phase trials of multiple drugs entering or soon to be entering or soon to be entering clinical practice across many areas of oncology, including lung, breast, prostate, ovarian cancer and melanoma, as well as immunotherapy.
Dr Harris is a currently a medical oncologist at the Bendigo Health Cancer Centre and also has a fortnightly visiting clinic to Kyneton Regional Health. He is the Clinical Lead for the Oncology Trials Unit. He is the Bendigo Health representative and a previous chairperson for the Regional Trials Network – Victoria.
Specialities: Breast, Melanoma, and Lung
