Dr Wei-Sen Lam is a medical oncologist at St John of God Murdoch Hospital and practices publicly at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Esperance Hospital.

Dr Lam has several leadership roles including Head of Medical Oncology Department at Fiona Stanley Hospital and was previously Director of Medical Oncology WA Country Health Service and Co-Chair of the WA Cancer Oncology Group.

He is passionate about improving cancer services for rural and remote WA and has developed new and innovative services including telechemotherapy and telelymphoedema.

During his time as Director of Medical Oncology for WA Country Health Service, Dr Lam provided leadership in implementing the WA Country Health Service Cancer Plan and helped commence new cancer services in Karratha, Broome and Narrogin and a telelymphoedema service in Esperance and Katanning.

Dr Lam holds a Masters of Health Administration and completed a leadership course with the Australian Institute of Management. He was a successful recipient of the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network Fellowship and is a principal investigator in several lung cancer trials at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

He is currently the Director of Teletrials, working with the Australian Teletrial Program to develop clinical trial units in country WA and create a pathway to help improve access to clinical trials for regional patients.