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Dr Rajiv Kumar

Specialist

Qualifications

MB ChB 2004 Otago; FRACP 2012 - Internal medicine

Profile

Raj did his undergraduate training at the University of Otago (NZ) graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, and Bachelor of Medical Science in 2004. His postgraduate training was done at Wellington Hospital (NZ), becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2012. 

Raj worked at the Flinders Medical Centre (AUS) for a 1 year clinical fellowship in gastrointestinal and thoracic oncology. He then went on to join the Phase 1 Unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital (UK) for 1.5 years as a Clinical Research Fellow. Following this, he held a post in the Lung Cancer Unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital (UK) as a Clinical Research Fellow where he embarked on an MD (Res) degree combining immunotherapy and palliative thoracic radiotherapy. He successfully defended his thesis in 2018. For the first part of 2019, he worked as a Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital, specialising in lung cancer, breast cancer, and acute oncology.

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Interests

Specialist areas:

  • Thoracic Oncology
  • Breast cancer
  • Melanoma

Title or Designation

Oncologist, Medical Oncologist

Gender

Male / Tāne

Full NZ Registration Date

14 November 2005

Vocational Scope

Internal Medicine

Contact Details

Dr Rajiv Kumar is available at the following services:

Private Services

Mercy Cancer Care (MCC) - Oncology

This service is available at the following location:

Mercy Cancer Care, 72 Newington Avenue, Maori Hill, Dunedin

Oncology Nurse Mercy Cancer Care

  • Mobile: 027 693 4504

Online enquiry form

St Georges Cancer Care Centre

This service is available at the following location:

131 Leinster Road, Strowan, Christchurch

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Email Addresses

Query: cancer.care@stgeorges.org.nz
Referral: ccreferral@stgeorges.org.nz
Correspondence: ccadmin@stgeorges.org.nz

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