Curriculum Vitae

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2016 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne (UM), Australia. Biocellular aspects of high mammographic density as a risk factor for breast cancer.
  • 2009 Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, FRACS Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), Melbourne, Australia
  • 2006 Master of Epidemiology (Melb), University of Melbourne (Melb Uni), Australia
  • 2004–2008 Advanced Surgical Training, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
  • 2002 Postgrad. Diploma of Surgical Anatomy, Melb Uni Private, RACS, Australia
  • 2001–2003 Basic Surgical Training, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
  • 1995–2000 Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, Melb Uni, Australia

AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • 2014-2015 St Vincent’s Hospital Research Endowment Fund grant MD research
  • 2012, 20 Aug Australian Catholic University Award Best moderated oral presentation
  • 2012 Melbourne Research Grant Support Scheme MD research
  • 2011-2013 NHMRC Scholarship
  • 2009 The Northern Hospital Research Project Grant
  • 1995 Dean’s Prize for Science The University of Melbourne

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Breast Surgeons of Australia & New Zealand, Australasian Society of Breast Disease.

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE SERVICE

  • 2014-2015 St Vincent’s Hospital Research Endowment Fund grant MD research
  • 2012, 20 Aug Australian Catholic University Award Best moderated oral presentation
  • 2012 Melbourne Research Grant Support Scheme MD research
  • 2011-2013 NHMRC Scholarship
  • 2009 The Northern Hospital Research Project Grant
  • 1995 Dean’s Prize for Science The University of Melbourne

SUPERVISION AND MENTORING

  • 2011- Supervisor Hospital residents/registars x3, researching high MD as a breast cancer risk factor, efficacy of focused parathyroidectomy (2012), and visceral melanoma (2012).
  • 2013- Organiser SET Interview Course, Austin Health, Melbourne (2013, 2014 x2)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • 2013 St Vincent’s Surgical Forum, Melbourne. 20 Sept. High Mammographic Density More than a Risk Factor. Invited Speaker.
  • 2012 RACS Annual Scientific Congress. Malaysia, 7 May. Speaker. St Vincent’s Hospital Research Week, 20 Aug. Maintenance of High & Low MD Human Breast Tissue in Murine Chambers. Moderated Speaker.
  • 2011 Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium Symposium, Royal Society of Victoria, 22 Nov. Analysis of High & Low MD Human Tissue in Murine Chambers with Effects of Pregnancy, Lactation & Involution. Invited speaker.
  • 2011 National Breast Cancer Foundation sponsored MD Think Tank, NSW, Preservation of High & Low MD Human Breast Tissue in Murine Chambers. Invited speaker.
  • 2010 Why Study MD Conference, NSW. Preservation of High and Low MD Human Breast Tissue in Murine Biochambers Poster.
  • 2010 Victorian Annual General Scientific Fellowship Meeting. Two Oral presentations. Breast Multidisciplinary Meeting, Northern Health, Sentinel Node Biopsy Audit Oral
  • 2009 Accreditation Seminar. General Surgery Northern Health, Melbourne. Oral
  • 2007 European Cancer Conference (ECCO-14), Barcelona, 23-27 Sept. Prophylactic Oophorectomy for the Prevention of Cancer Incidence and Mortality in High-Risk Carrier Mutations: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Poster

PUBLICATIONS

  • GL Chew, et al. Increased Cox-2 expression in epithelial and stromal cells of high mammographic density tissues and in a xenograft model of mammographic density. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2015; 153:8999. IF: 4.469
  • GL Chew, et al. Effect of Tamoxifen and oestrogen on histology and radiographic density in high and low Mammographic Density human breast tissues maintained in murine tissue engineering chambers. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2014; 148(2): 303-14. IF: 4.469
  • GL Chew, ,et al. Dynamic Changes in High and Low Mammographic Density Human Breast Tissues Maintained in Murine Tissue Engineering Chambers During Various Murine Peripartum States and Over Time. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2013; 140(2): 285-97. IF: 4.469
  • GL Chew, et al. High and Low Mammographic Density Human Breast Tissues Maintain Histological Differential in Murine Tissue Engineering Chambers. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2012; 135(1): 177-187. IF: 4.431
  • GL Chew, et al. Effects of Demographic and Treatment Factors on Quality of Life Outcomes After Breast Cancer Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study. ANZ J Surg 2010;80(S2):A110 Abs. IF:1.098
  • GL Chew, et al. Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis. ANZ J Surg 2010;80(S2):A110 Abstract
  • GL Chew, et al. Risk Factors & Outcomes of Perforated Peptic Ulcers in a Regional Country Hospital. ANZ J Surg 2008; 78(Supp. 1) A119 Abs.
  • GL Chew, et al. Prophylactic Oophorectomy for the Prevention of Cancer Incidence & Mortality in High Risk Carrier Mutations. Eur J Cancer Supplements 2007; 5: 167 Abs. IF: 9.386
  • GL Chew, JM Hutson. Incidence of Ascending Testes and Cryptorchidism in Trisomy 21: A 10 year Retrospective Review. Pediatr Surg Int 2004; 20: 744-47. IF: 1.002
  • S Choudhury, …, G Chew, EW Thompson, … R Tamimi, I Haviv, XS Liu, S Sukumar, K Polyak. Molecular Profiling of Human mammary Gland Links Breast Cancer Risk to a p27+ Cell Population with Progenitor Characteristics. Cell Stem Cell 2013 Jul 3;13(1):117-30. IF: 27.361
  • CW Huo, GL Chew, et al. Mammographic density—a review on the current understanding of its association with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2014; 144: 179
  • K Britt, W Ingman, C Huo, G Chew, et al. Pathobiology underlying mammographic density. J Cancer Biol Res 2014; 2(1): 1021
  • Daniel J Reilly, Grace L Chew, et al. Outcomes for minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: widening inclusion criteria based on preoperative imaging results. ANZ J Surg 2014. DOI: 10.1111/ans.12885