Dr Pook obtained his medical degree from the University of Tasmania. He completed his Medical Oncology training at St Vincent's Hospital and the Austin before completing two years of research into colon cancer at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and being awarded a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Melbourne. He now works as a Medical Oncologist at Monash Cancer Centre where he runs a number of clinical trials in Uro-Oncology. He also works in the Prostate and Breast Cancer Research Group at Monash University where he is involved in translational research into prostate cancer. He treats both gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers through Cabrini Hospital and Monash Cancer Centre.