Dr Rachel Dear MBBS (Hons I), PhD, FRACP is a senior staff specialist and medical oncologist at The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, where she has been dedicated to the care of breast cancer patients for over a decade.

An Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney, Dr Dear’s research focuses on breast cancer dormancy and plasticity, bone health, and the impact of bone fractures on cancer recurrence.

She is deeply committed to advancing patient care and improving quality of life. In partnership with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, she leads investigator-initiated clinical trials and brings significant expertise as a principal investigator on numerous industry-sponsored studies.

Rachel was awarded her medical degree with first-class honors from the University of New South Wales in 2001 and completed junior medical officer and basic physician’s training at St Vincent’s in 2005.

She then undertook advanced medical oncology training at Westmead Hospital and, in 2008 she became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

In 2012, Rachel was awarded a PhD which was based around the optimisation of doctor-patient communication.

She has extensive experience as an investigator of a number of national and international breast cancer clinical trials.