Neville F. Hacker

Prof. Neville F. Hacker, AM, MD, FRANZCOG, FRCOG, FACOG, FACS, CGO, a Founder of Australian Gynecological Cancer Foundation, is Professor of Gynecological Oncology, Conjoint, at the University of NSW. Graduating from the University of Queensland with First Class Honours in 1967, Neville trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Brisbane, and then trained in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), where he stayed for 9 years.

Neville was Director of Gynecological Oncology at UCLA 1984–86, before returning to Australia to establish the Gynecological Cancer Centre at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney. He retired from clinical practice at the end of 2018. He is a former President of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society, former Chairman of the Oncology Committee of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstericians and Gynaecologists, former President of the Society of Pelvic Surgeons, and a former Member of the FIGO Cancer Committee.

Neville has received many honours and awards, and he was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2012 for services to medicine. Neville has written over 200 peer reviewed articles, over 30 book chapters, and edited two textbooks, both in their 6th editions.

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