Chris O'Brien (surgeon)

O'Brien was born into a working-class family and grew up in a Housing Commission home in the western Sydney suburb of Regents Park.

[3] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said "Chris' vision was for an integrated cancer treatment centre so that patients would no longer have to navigate their way through all the different elements of dealing with their illness alone.

Prime Minister Rudd flew to Sydney shortly before O'Brien's death to present him with his appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia.

He inspired people, both through his work as a cancer specialist and through his own three-year battle with an aggressive, highly malignant brain tumour.

Following his death, The Chris O'Brien Lifehouse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was named in his honour.