Dr Steven Kao

BHB MBCHB PhD FRACP

CONTACT:

Phone: (02) 8514 0140
Fax: (02) 9383 1014

Specialty

Lung Cancer
Mesothelioma

Special Interests / Areas of Interest

Predictive and prognostic factors in malignant mesothelioma.

Dr Steven Kao is a medical oncologist at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. He completed his PhD at the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute and focused his research on predictive and prognostic factors in malignant mesothelioma. Steven has a wide clinical, translational and psycho-social research interest in thoracic cancers including malignant mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancers.
He was awarded the Premier’s Award for Outstanding Cancer Research Scholar from the Cancer Institute NSW in 2012.