Professor Owen Ung

Professor

Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit
Faculty of Medicine
o.ung@uq.edu.au
+61 7 334 65184

Overview

Owen Ung is a breast and endocrine surgeon. He is a committed clinician, researcher and teacher and lectures and publishes widely. He is a principle investigator for a number of major Australian and New Zealand clinical trials relating to the management of the axilla and regional nodes in breast cancer. Through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he plays an active role in surgical training, assessment and examination.

His current affiliations are:

Professor of Surgery, University of Queensland and visiting specialist surgeon at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Wesley Private and St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

He resides on the Federal Council for the Australian Medical Association and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). He is Honorary secretary and executive member of Breast Surgery International (BSI) of the international Surgical Society (ISS).

Metro North Health (MNH), Queensland Health

  • Visiting Specialist Surgeon, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital (RBWH), MNH.
  • Director, Comprehensive Breast Cancer Institute (CBCI), MNH.
  • Clinical Lead, Breast Surgery & Reconstruction Clinical Program, Herston Biofabrication Institute (HBI), MNH.

Owen has obtained extensive administrative and management experience through his various clinical leadership roles and is active on numerous State and National Committees. Previous national representations include: board member of General Surgeons Australia (GSA), Chair of the Breast Group of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA), Chair of the Breast Section of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and Fellowship Examiner in General Surgery

Research Interests

  • Multidisciplinary breast cancer care

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, The University of Queensland

Publications

  • Ung, Owen A. (2022). Towards better breast cancer outcomes for Indigenous populations in high-income countries with highly developed health systems. World Journal of Surgery, 46 (3), 622-623. doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06380-1

  • McCart Reed, Amy, McCurry, Therese, Simpson, Peter, Inglis, Po-Ling, Ung, Owen, Murugappan, Kowsalya, Waddell, Nic, Snell, Cameron, Woodward, Natasha, Middleton, Kathryn, Walpole, Euan, O'Byrne, Ken, Cuff, Katharine, Andelkovic, Vladimir, Roberts, Kate, Steinke, Karin, Santamaria, Gorane, McCarthy, Nicole, Mar Fan, Helen, Kalinowski, Lauren and Lakhani, Sunil (2021). Implementation of precision oncology for breast cancer care in Brisbane: Q-IMPROvE. Brisbane Cancer Conference , Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25-26 Nov 2021.

  • McCart Reed, Amy, McCurry, Therese, Simpson, Peter, Inglis, Po-ling, Ung, Owen, Murugappan, Kowsalya, Waddell, Nic, Snell, Cameron, Woodward, Natasha, Middleton, Kathryn, Walpole, Euan, O'Byrne, Ken, Cuff, Katharine, Andelkovic, Vlad, Roberts, Kate, Steinke, Karin, Santamaria, Gorane, McCarthy, Nicole, Mar Fan, Helen, Kalinowski, Lauren and Lakhani, Sunil (2021). Implementation of precision oncology for breast cancer care in Brisbane: Q-IMPROvE. Herston Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, September 2021.

View all Publications

Available Projects

View all Available Projects

Publications

Book Chapter

  • Cheng, M., Chhaya, M., Hintz, M., Piper, S., Visscher, L., Schantz, J. T., Wong, C., Ung, O., Wagels, M. and Hutmacher, D. W. (2017). Breast tissue engineering. Comprehensive Biomaterials II. (pp. 435-454) edited by Paul Ducheyne. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.09302-4

Journal Article

Conference Publication

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.