Dr Catherine Mason is a senior staff specialist psychiatrist working with patients from oncology, haematology oncology and palliative care in western Sydney since 1998.
She is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine with The University of Sydney School of Medicine at Westmead and has long standing interests in medical education and clinical ethics. She leads an interdisciplinary team at Nepean Cancer Care Centre and the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Westmead, caring for inpatients and outpatients in oncology, haematology and palliative care.
Her interests include care at the end of life, medical ethics, mood disorders in cancer patients and adaptation in chronic illness.
Listen to The Thing About Cancer host Julie McCrossin interview Catherine in our Sleep and cancer podcast episode.