Biography
I am a compassionate and detail-oriented specialist, aiming to deliver high-quality cancer care with a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration and clinical trials.
Prof Mark Pinkham is an experienced radiation oncologist, consulting at Icon Cancer Centre North Lakes, Icon Cancer Centre Auchenflower, Icon Cancer Centre Greenslopes, Icon Cancer Centre Herston and Icon Cancer Centre St Vincent's Northside. He is also a Senior Staff Specialist at the Gamma Knife Centre of Queensland at the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he is the Director of Radiation Oncology Research.
He graduated from The University of Oxford (UK) in 2005 and completed specialist training in Brisbane in 2014. Subsequently he undertook an 18-month Clinical Oncology Fellowship in neuro-oncology and intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) at the world-renowned Christie Hospital, UK and has completed additional advanced training in Gamma Knife at Na Homolce Hospital (Prague), Cleveland Clinic (USA) and Yale School of Medicine (USA).
He is Professor at Flinder's University and Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has a strong research profile in Gamma Knife SRS, brain tumours (including brain metastases) and melanoma, where his work focusses on improving treatments, imaging and survivorship issues for people affected by these diseases.
He is involved in the management of several active clinical trials across Australia. To date he has published >100 manuscripts and acquired over AU$>20 million in competitive research grant funding. He is a member of the Steering Committee for Brain Cancer Australia National Consortium, Scientific Advisory Committee within the Co-operative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO), and was inaugural Chair of the Brain Tumour Working Party within TransTasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) across Australia and New Zealand.
He enjoys teaching through his roles as a prior examiner of medical trainees at the national level within the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) and supervisor to post-graduate research students at Flinder's University, QUT and University of Queensland.
Publications
Udovicich, C., Koo, K., Bryant, J. M., Bugarini, A., et al. International collaboration of neoadjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: The INTERNEO individual patient data pooled analysis. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2025; 202, 110641.
Pike, K. E., Lion, K., Ownsworth, T., Chan, R. J., Sansom-Daly, U. M., Halkett, G. K. B., … & BRAINS Program Investigators. A randomized controlled trial of a telehealth group cognitive intervention (LaTCH-BRAINS) to improve cognition after primary brain tumor diagnosis. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 2025; 7(1):vdaf182.
Luttrell, J., Lion, K., Pinkham, M. B., Collins, L. G., Ownsworth, T., et al. The impact of financial toxicity on quality of life for survivors of primary brain tumour. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2025; 19(1), 1–12.
Nicol, C., Pinkham, M. B., Foote, M. C., McBean, A., Conlon, E., & Ownsworth, T. Patient reported outcomes and short-term adjustment trajectories following gamma knife radiosurgery for benign brain tumor. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2025; 47(11), 2799–2808.
Jeon, M. S., Banks, H., He, S., Carlick, T., Shaw, J. M., Kelly, B., Koh, E., Halkett, G. K. B., Ownsworth, T., Chan, R. J., Pinkham, M. B., Sansom-Daly, U. M., & Dhillon, H. M., for the BRAINS Investigator Group. Identifying components of care coordination for primary brain tumor: A scoping review. Neuro-Oncology Practice. 2025; 12(3), 357–375.
Pinkham, M. B., Herschtal, A., Hong, A. M., Chua, M. S.-T., Scolyer, R. A., Cumming, S., Pullar, A., Nobes, J., Barker, C. A., Guadagnolo, B. A., Fogarty, G. B., Burmeister, B. H., & Foote, M. C. Randomized trial of postoperative radiation therapy after wide excision of neurotropic melanoma of the head and neck (RTN2 Trial 01.09). Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024; 31(9), 6088–6096.
Research
Trials being conducted by this doctor