Dr Deb Furniss (MBChB, MRCP, MScOncology, FRCR)

Dr Debra Furniss is based on the Sunshine Coast and attends Genesis CancerCare's Nambour and Chermside treatment centres. She also attends clinics at Caboolture and Hervey Bay on a monthly basis.

Dr Furniss qualified in medicine at the University of Sheffield in 1995. She trained initially in general medicine, gaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1999. She started training in Clinical Oncology at Weston Park Hospital in Sheffield, England, in 1998.

During her training, she completed a Masters of Science degree in oncology at Nottingham University in 2000.

Dr Furniss attained her Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists in 2001, completed her training in 2003, and began working as a consultant at Weston Park Hospital.

During this time she was involved in the administration of paediatric radiation therapy. In February, 2013 Dr Furniss relocated to Queensland from the UK, and started work at Premion, now known as Genesis CancerCare, Nambour.

Dr Furniss’ main areas of interest include upper GI cancer and colorectal cancer.

She consults at Chermside, Nambour, Redcliff, Hervey Bay and Caboolture, Queensland.