Current NHS consultant posts held
1. Consultant Clinical Oncologist at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
2. Honorary Consultant Clinical Oncologist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
3. Specialist Advisor- Care Quality Commission, UK
4. Clinical expert-STA , NICE
5. External Advisor-Parlimentary Ombudsman
6. Radiotherapy Clinical Reference Group member,NHS England
7. Radiotherapy Lead, Thames Valley & Wessex ODN, NHSEI
Research interests
Advanced high precision radiotherapy techniques-IMRT, IGRT in Head & Neck Cancers, Skull base tumors and colorectal cancers
Chemotherapy & Immunotherapy for Head & Neck cancer
Proton therapy for H&N, Skull base tumors, GI cancer
Intraoperative Radiotherapy-IORT
Low level Laser Therapy
Stereotactic RadioSurgery
Personal interests
1.Trial Management Group for several UK Clinical trials
2.Member of Clinical Management Group for NIHR study on predictive markers in rectal cancer.
3. Proton therapy for Head & Neck cancers, skull base tumours and GI tumors
4.Low Level Laser Therapy for Head & Neck cancers
5.Intra-Operative Radiotherapy
6. Principal Investigator for Immunotherapy & radiotherapy multi national clinical trials
7. Re-irradiation for recurrent cancers
Awards received
1. Health Education England Wessex Shine Awards 2015 Chair’s Award
2. Wessex Deanery Equitable Practice Award in 2012
3. Clinical Excellence Awards
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
1.“Relationship between awareness of illness & psychiatric morbidity in cancer patients” IJP, 1996; 38:2 (suppl).
2.“Case report on nebulisation chemotherapy for lymphangitis carcinomatosa”, IJR, 1999; 9:2:pp69-71.
3."Extranodal CNS Rosai-Dorfman disease- Clinical and therapeutic challenge″
4.”Intraoperative Radiotherapy in locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer”, Recent advances in Surgery, vol 35: 2013
5."ART DECO: dose escalated vs Standard dose IMRT in locally advanced head and neck cancer" Radiotherapy and Oncology March 2017 Volume 122
6."Management of radiation dermatitis using low-level laser therapy in NPC patients:(ESTRO)Asia 2018, Singapore Dec 2018.
7. "Nivolumab vs Investigator's Choice in Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Efficacy and Safety in CheckMate 141 by Prior Cetuximab Use" -Journal of Clinical Oncology 35, no. 15 (May 2017) 6020-6020
Courses offered to GPs
Regular Cancer Masterclass for GP organised by Cancer Partners Uk
Oncology courses for dentists through British dental Association.
Proton Therapy update courses organised by RCC