Professor Michael Jefford is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is Director of the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, based at Peter Mac (www.petermac.org/cancersurvivorship) and a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He completed medical oncology training (FRACP) in 1999. He holds a PhD (2002) and Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (2013) from the University of Melbourne and Masters degrees in Health Services Management (2003) and in Public Health (2006) from Monash University. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

His major clinical focus is on the management of people with gastrointestinal cancers. Most of his research has a cancer survivorship focus, aiming to better understand issues affecting survivors; to develop and implement strategies to minimize post-treatment consequences; to develop improved models of care, and to better understand and minimize disparities in cancer survivorship outcomes. He has been awarded over A$21m in grant funding as a chief / principal investigator. He has convened four successful biennial survivorship conferences. He has numerous leadership roles including being a Board Member (Director) of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia. He is widely published (> 200 publications at June 2022) and has presented at numerous international meetings covering clinical oncology, survivorship, psycho-oncology and cancer control broadly.