Dr Strach

Dr Madeleine Strach is a Medical Oncologist with a special interest in Bone and Soft Tissue (Sarcoma), Gastrointestinal and Urological tumours, Clinical Trials and Translational Research.

She practices at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse treating patients with Sarcoma and Urological cancers, and in Port Macquarie treating patients with Sarcoma and Gastrointestinal tumours including cancers of the pancreas, bowel and appendix.

She is a member of the subspecialist Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (COBL) and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour, Retroperitoneal Sarcoma and Urology multidisciplinary teams and the Mid-North Coast Gastrointestinal Cancer multidisciplinary team.

Madeleine completed her medical training (MBBS BMedSc) at the University of Melbourne in 2010 and gained Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in Medical Oncology in 2017. Madeleine completed her advanced training at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. She completed a two-year Fellowship in Phase 1 Clinical Trials at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse in 2019, also working during that time in the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Unit. She completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) at the University of Sydney in 2020 with a focus on biostatistics and epidemiology. Madeleine was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Sydney in 2024. Her thesis focused on translational research into novel treatments for appendiceal tumours. Madeleine is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney.

She was awarded a European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Translational Research Fellowship and the Alex Cohen Travelling Fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) to work at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (Manchester UK) from 2021-2023. She was the recipient of the Australia and New Zealand Sarcoma Association (ANZSA) Sarcoma Clinical Research Fellowship (2022) which supported her leading the translational research program for the COBL/RPAH retroperitoneal sarcoma unit. She has been awarded competitive research grants from the Christie Charitable Fund and the Royal Prince Alfred Cancer Services. She is an alumna of the ESMO Asia Leadership Generation Programme (2024).

Outside of medicine she enjoys time with her family, hiking, skiing, reading and playing violin in community orchestras.