Saint James Hospital Malta appoints new Oncology Director

Saint James Hospital Group Malta

Saint James Hospital Group Malta is a family owned business and the largest private healthcare provider in the Mediterranean island of Malta. It provides secondary care medical services for adults, acute and elective surgery and emergency medicine services. It specialises in ophthalmology.

Saint James Hospital Group plans to expand and upgrade its Oncology services and has appointed a new director of oncology services, Dr Stephen Brincat, a highly experienced and qualified oncologist who has worked in the UK, United Arab Emirates and Malta.

Dr Brincat graduated from King’s College Hospital Medical School, London, in 1979. He trained in general medicine at the hospitals of King’s College and St Thomas and in radiotherapy and oncology at The London Hospital. In 1986, he was appointed consultant clinical oncologist at Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, a public sector hospital.

He took up the post of consultant in radiotherapy and oncology in the Department of Health, Malta in 1988 and was chairman of the Department of Oncology for 17 years.

Dr Brincat established a busy and successful clinical research programme over several years at Sir Paul Boffa Hospital. Il-Furjana, Malta. Sir Paul Boffa Hospital, is a specialised hospital  for Oncology and Palliative Care and Dermatology run by the Ministry of Health. The hospital offers both in and out-patient services.

Between 1990 and 1997 he was secretary and vice president of the Medical Association of Malta and was nominated as the WHO National Focal Point For Cancer in 1993. Additionally, he was instrumental in setting up the Malta Cancer Foundation that donated hundreds of thousands of euros to the public oncology service for the purchase of equipment and staff training.

Dr Brincat retired from the public service in March 2022 and is currently a lecturer in oncology at the University of Malta.

In his new role with Saint James Hospital Group, he is responsible for the oversight, expansion and upgrading of the oncology services which will be a new specialist service.

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