Dr Wasek Faisal is a senior medical oncologist and a mid-career clinical researcher in the field of medical oncology and tumour immunology. 

He is a Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians and completed his tumour immunology research thesis at the University of Nottingham, UK prior to completing his advanced training in oncology in Australia. 

He is the current Clinical Director of Grampians Integrated Cancer Services as well as being the Clinical Lead and Chair of the Thoracic Tumour Stream at Grampians Health. 

Dr Faisal has been a principal investigator for 25 international multicenter phase II and III randomized clinical trials in lung cancer to date, investigating novel therapies including immunotherapy and drug conjugates, as well as being sub-investigator for well over 50 clinical trials in oncology. 

He is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He also has research collaboration with translational research groups at Monash and Federation Universities. He has received competitive educational and research grants in excess of $220,000, including receiving a Victorian Cancer Agency Doctoral Research grant (2021), Ballarat Health Services (BHS) Cancer Research Grant (2019) and a Quality and Innovation Award for Lung Cancer Redesign Project at BHS (2018). He is currently co-supervising a PhD student through La Trobe University. 

Dr Faisal has held several leadership positions including being the current co-chair of registry-based RCT Steering Committee at RTN-Vic, member of the Strategic Program Steering Committee at VCCC and member of the Expert Advisory Committee at Lung Foundation Australia. He is also member of several national and international oncology societies and collaborative networks including TOGA, AGITG, CTA, IASLC, MOGA and ASCO.