Dr Andrew Pullar

Central nervous system, skin cancer and melanoma, head and neck cancer, paediatric,  stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy

Dr Andrew Pullar has over 20 years experience in medicine and has expertise in Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. His primary area of interest is in the management of CNS (Central Nervous System) malignancies.

Other regions of interest include skin malignancies, adolescent and young adult malignancies, spinal tumours, sarcomas, oligometastatic disease and new cancer therapy technologies.

Dr Pullar completed his medical degree at the University of Queensland, Brisbane in 1995. He commenced his specialist training in radiation oncology at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) and Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in 2000 and was made a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), Faculty of Radiation Oncology in 2005.

Since 2006 he has worked as a Radiation Oncology consultant at the PAH Ipswich Road and Raymond Terrace campuses. He provides Paediatric Radiation Oncology services for the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital (LCCH) at the South Brisbane PAH campus. Dr Pullar is also a lecturer in radiation therapy at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

Dr Pullar is involved with multiple TROG and COGNO based trials at the PAH. He has also been involved in local Stereotactic Radiation Therapy studies along with IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy) Quality Assurance, Planning Software and Information Software studies.

Dr Pullar is a member of Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG), the Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (COGNO), Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO); Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP).

• Mater Hospital Brisbane
• Mater Private Hospital Brisbane