Professor George Kannourakis

HaematologyOncology

Portrait of Professor George Kannourakis
Contact details
Clinical interests
Paediatric oncology
Hospital
Ballarat
Qualifications
MBBS
BMedSc
PhD
FRACP

Professor George Kannourakis has been a practising medical oncologist and clinical haematologist in the Ballarat community since 1992.


Previous placements include the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University in Boston, where he worked as a Research Fellow, and he headed the Cancer Research Unit at Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne from 1990 – 1996.


George was a Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist prior to making the switch to adult Medical Oncology and Clinical Haematology.


His research interests are in the biology of histiocytic disorders and translational research involving immunotherapy and clinical trials.