Life after a diagnosis and treatment of cancer can bring physical and psychological challenges. The Parkville Integrated Haematology Service Long Term Follow Up and Survivorship Service helps people who have undergone curative treatment for blood cancers to remain as healthy as possible throughout their lives.
Biography
Yvonne Panek-Hudson is a nurse practitioner in the Haematology Service,specialising in the long term follow up of patients post-allogeneic bone marrow transplant. She has a particular interest in late effects surveillance and management, chronic graft versus host disease and sexual health.
Yvonne has worked in the speciality of bone marrow transplant for 23 years and has completed postgraduate education including a Masters Degree. She is involved in the education of haematology nurses in Victoria and recently held the position of Victorian representative of the HSANZ nurses group. Yvonne was the joint recipient of a Department of Health fellowship in 2012 and visited cancer survivorship centres in the USA.
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Qualifications
RN, MN, GradDip Cancer Nursing
