Dr Yada Kanjanapan is committed to delivering evidence-based care in collaboration with her multidisciplinary team of surgical and radiation oncologists.
Biography
Dr Yada Kanjanapan is an experienced medical oncologist at Icon Cancer Centre Canberra and a senior staff specialist at The Canberra Hospital. She obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Adelaide and completed specialist oncology training at Canberra Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Dr Kanjanapan subsequently completed a two-year clinical research fellowship in drug development, melanoma, and gynaecological cancers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada. She held a medical oncology position at Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital where she managed a wide range of solid tumour malignancies.
Since returning to her hometown of Canberra, Dr Kanjanapan has been active in research, serving as a principal investigator in numerous clinical trials for breast and gynaecological cancers. Her research interests include breast cancer, immunotherapy, and developmental therapeutics, with a strong publication record. In 2018, Dr Kanjanapan was a recipient of an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Merit Award. She is also a clinical Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University, teaching and mentoring medical students in clinical skills and research.
Dr Kanjanapan’s clinical experience covers a broad range of solid tumour malignancies with subspecialty expertise in breast cancer, gynaecological cancers, and skin cancers, particularly melanoma.