Dr Heather Lane, MBChB, FRACP, PhD is a Consultant Geriatrician and the Director of Physician Education at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, where she has established a Geriatric Oncology Clinic. She is the Australian National representative for the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), and a member of the SIOG Geriatricians Group. She is also a member of the COSA Geriatric Oncology Special Interest Group Executive.