
Qualifications
MB ChB 2004 Auckland; FRACP 2011
Interests
Dr Lawrence specialises in caring for patients with gastro-intestinal cancers. He also has a special interest in caring for patients with cancers in the pancreas and biliary system, neuroendocrine tumours, cancer molecular profiling and cancer genomics.
Ben graduated from the University of Otago with a BSc with first class honours and an MSc with Distinction. He then completed his medical degree at the University of Auckland in 2003 and registered as a specialist in 2011.
He has been recognised with several prizes and scholarships. In 2008 he was awarded the Gavin and Ann Kellaway Medical Research Fellowship to support his time as a Drug Development Scholar at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) in Scottsdale Arizona, USA. In 2009 he was awarded the Murray Jackson Clinical Fellowship and completed his two-year Research Fellowship at Yale University in Connecticut, USA.
Ben returned to Auckland in 2012 to work as a medical oncologist at Auckland Hospital and also to take up a position as senior clinical research Fellow at the University of Auckland.
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Subspecialties
- Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Pancreas
- Neuroendocrine Cancer
- Cancer Molecular Profiling
- Genomics
- Academic Research
- Hepatobiliary
Title or Designation
Medical Oncologist
Post-fellowship Training
Yale University
USA
Full NZ Registration Date
24 June 2005
Vocational Scope
Internal Medicine
Contact Details
Dr Ben Lawrence is available at the following services:
Canopy Cancer Care
This service is available at the following locations:
98 Mountain Road, Epsom
Phone
09 623 5602
Fax
09 638 7295
Healthlink EDI
N/A
Email
Website
For 24 hour urgent phone advice call 021 777 190.
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213 Shakespeare Road, Takapuna, Auckland
Phone
09 623 5602
Fax
09 489 8400
Healthlink EDI
N/A
Email
Website
For 24 hour urgent phone advice call 021 777 190.
Find our full contact details here.
Public Services
Auckland DHB Oncology Services
This service is available at the following location:
Auckland City Hospital
Phone
(09) 367 0000
Website