{"id":156,"date":"2024-11-18T21:23:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T11:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoc.com.au\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2025-02-12T22:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:05:50","slug":"joel-collins-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thoc.com.au\/index.php\/our-team\/joel-collins-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Collins &#8211; Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thoc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DrJoelCollins_06_Medium-1024.png\" alt class=\"wp-image-154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thoc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DrJoelCollins_06_Medium-1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/thoc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DrJoelCollins_06_Medium-1024-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thoc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DrJoelCollins_06_Medium-1024-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thoc.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DrJoelCollins_06_Medium-1024-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\">Get in touch<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\nDr Joel Collins is a consultant Clinical Haematologist (Physician). He manages all blood disorders including blood cancer, abnormal blood counts, bleeding disorders, clotting disorders.&nbsp; He has a special interest in iron deficiencies in women and children as well as other vitamin deficiencies and their impact on the blood system.<div><br><\/div><div>He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Griffith University in Queensland. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, having completed his advanced training between the two major Queensland tertiary hospitals &#8211; the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital and the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Whilst completing his training, Dr Collins held the position of Chief Medical Registrar at the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital.<\/div><div><br><\/div><div>Dr Collins is credentialled at St Andrew&#8217;s Hospital (Toowoomba), and St Vincent&#8217;s Hospital (Toowoomba) and the Toowoomba Hospice.<\/div><div><br><\/div><div>Recognising that patients from the Darling Downs and Western Queensland prefer to be treated locally, Dr Collins aims to keep all patient care locally where this is possible.<\/div><div><br><\/div><div>Dr Collins has been working closely with the oncology staff and executive at St Andrew&#8217;s Hospital, and can now offer treatment for many high grade haematological cancers locally at St Andrew&#8217;s Hospital. Previously these patients were treated in Brisbane, or at the Base Hospital.<\/div><div><br><\/div><div>Dr Collins has published research in both local and international medical journals, and has been a speaker at a number of national conferences. He has ongoing active research interest in malignant haematology in particular, multiple myeloma. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland, and the Rural Clinical School. His other professional memberships include Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ), Australasian Lymphoma and Leukaemia Group (ALLG), American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the European Haematology Association (EHA).<\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr Joel Collins<\/h3>\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clinical Haematologist\/Blood Oncologist<\/h5>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Joel Collins is a consultant Clinical Haematologist (Physician). He manages all blood disorders including blood cancer, abnormal blood counts, bleeding disorders, clotting disorders.&nbsp; He has a special interest in iron deficiencies in women and children as well as other vitamin deficiencies and their impact on the blood system. 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