Dr Dorothy Chilambe Lombe is a consultant radiation oncologist with the Regional Cancer Treatment Services MidCentral DHB Health New Zealand. She is a Fellow of the College of Radiation Oncologists Colleges of Medicine South Africa, holds a Master of Medicine degree in Radiation Oncology from Stellenbosch University and primary medical degree from Rostov State Medical University, Russia. She undertook a brachytherapy clinical and research fellowship in Canada.