Paul Katris died suddenly and unexpectedly on 18 November 2017 returning from the annual Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) conference in Sydney.
Paul Katris had been with Cancer Council WA for more than 20 years and was an integral part of the fabric of health professional education in this state as the Executive Officer of Western Australian Clinical Oncology Group (WACOG) and member of the COSA Council as Chair of the Complementary Therapies Group.