Dr Evangeline Samuel is a medical oncologist trained in treating all solid tumours with clinical interests in lung, breast cancers and gastrointestinal cancers.

She did her medical training at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Following this, she completed her basic physician training and medical oncology training in Melbourne, Australia.

Throughout her training period, she has had the opportunity to train in many prestigious institutions such as the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Alfred Health and Monash Health. At the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, she has also completed a year as the gynaecological and cancer of unknown primary research fellow.

She has a keen interest in clinical research and is currently doing a Ph.D. at Monash University at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Her research has been published in a number of peer-reviewed, high-impact factor journals and she has also had the opportunity to present her work at several national and international conferences.

Her current public appointments are at Alfred Health and Latrobe Regional Hospital where she leads the thoracic tumour stream and the lung multidisciplinary meeting. Evangeline is committed to providing holistic and compassionate patient care.