Dr Eek completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (Cum Laude) from the University of Pretoria South Africa in 1988.

He completed his Masters in Medicine (Cum Laude) at the University of Pretoria, and obtained the Fellowship of the College of Physicians in South Africa as a Helen Suzman Medallist in 1995. He is a member of the American Society of Oncology since 1995, and became member of the US Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group in the same year.

He moved to Sydney in 2005, became the Director of Clinical Trials in Liverpool Hospital in 2006, became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2007, and Director of Department Medical Oncology Liverpool Hospital in 2007.

He moved to the region and joined Border Medical Oncology in 2008 and became a director of the BMO Research Unit shortly after.

He has extensive experience in clinical trials, education, training, clinical audit, and supervision, and has more than 100 national and international peer reviewed publications and presentations.

He is a member of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia.