Cynthia Holland
Biography
Dr Cynthia Holland completed an Honours degree in Law at The
University of Melbourne, Australia in 1998, prior to qualifying as a
Barrister-at-Law in 2005.
Cynthia has worked extensively for the past 30 years in Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Oncology in major metropolitan hospitals across Australia, particularly as a member of specialist multi-disciplinary surgical teams in Gynaecological Oncology. Dr Holland concurrently completed long term clinical research culminating in the award of a PhD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2006. She also held the position of Legal Counsel to the National Association of Oncology Social Work Australia (OSWA) from 2007 to 2016.
As a Barrister, Cynthia has appeared in most Victorian Court jurisdictions in Australia in criminal, forensic, and health care cases. She was awarded a Memorial Churchill Fellowship in 2009, leading to a residency at Harvard University, Massachusetts (2011-12) during which time she completed an Advanced Leadership Fellowship, inclusive of American legal studies at Harvard Law School.
Dr Holland completed post-doctoral research in Gynaecological Oncology in 2015 at The University of Melbourne, Australia, and continues to hold a senior clinical leadership role at a major metropolitan hospital. Her specialist clinical practice combines Oncology counselling with end of life patients and their children, statutory Infertility counselling, and affiliated professional memberships, including the Australian and New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association (ANZICA), and Fertility Society of Australia (FSA). Cynthia’s commitment to medico-legal, criminal and family law cases at the Victorian Bar continues, together with affiliated legal research.
Cynthia has worked extensively for the past 30 years in Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Oncology in major metropolitan hospitals across Australia, particularly as a member of specialist multi-disciplinary surgical teams in Gynaecological Oncology. Dr Holland concurrently completed long term clinical research culminating in the award of a PhD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2006. She also held the position of Legal Counsel to the National Association of Oncology Social Work Australia (OSWA) from 2007 to 2016.
As a Barrister, Cynthia has appeared in most Victorian Court jurisdictions in Australia in criminal, forensic, and health care cases. She was awarded a Memorial Churchill Fellowship in 2009, leading to a residency at Harvard University, Massachusetts (2011-12) during which time she completed an Advanced Leadership Fellowship, inclusive of American legal studies at Harvard Law School.
Dr Holland completed post-doctoral research in Gynaecological Oncology in 2015 at The University of Melbourne, Australia, and continues to hold a senior clinical leadership role at a major metropolitan hospital. Her specialist clinical practice combines Oncology counselling with end of life patients and their children, statutory Infertility counselling, and affiliated professional memberships, including the Australian and New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association (ANZICA), and Fertility Society of Australia (FSA). Cynthia’s commitment to medico-legal, criminal and family law cases at the Victorian Bar continues, together with affiliated legal research.