birth_place citizenship awards fields workplaces birth_date known_for residence image article_title name alma_mater
melbourne australian member of the order of australia cancer control and bio-ethics cancer council australia , university of sydney 10 may 1953 expertise in cancer control sydney australia prof ian olver.jpg ian olver
 ian olver university monash university -lrb- phd -rrb- of melbourne -lrb- mbbs , md -rrb- ,
ian olver

ian olver am -lrb- born 10 may 1953 -rrb- is an australian medical oncologist , cancer researcher and bio-ethicist .
he is chief executive officer of cancer council australia and a noted authority and media commentator on cancer issues .
in 2011 he was appointed to the order of australia for service to medical oncology as a clinician , researcher , administrator and mentor , and to the community through leadership roles with cancer control organisations .
his main research interests are new anticancer drug studies , symptom control , bio-ethics and psycho-oncology .
he has authored more than 200 journal articles , 19 book chapters and two books as well as co-editing two books .
