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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Dr Carla Perna is a highly regarded consultant clinical oncologist based in London, Guildford, and Surrey who specialises in urological cancers, particularly prostate cancer and testicular cancer. With 15 years' experience, Dr Perna is highly proficient in various treatment modalities, including chemotherapy, MRIdian, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, 177 Lutetium PSMA therapy, and radiotherapy such as stereotactic radiotherapy and brachytherapy.
Dr Perna consults privately at Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital, GenesisCare Guildford, GenesisCare London Cromwell Hospital, and London Bridge Hospital. As well as this, she has also served as a specialist advisor for uro oncology and an MRI specialist for GenesisCare since 2019. Dr Perna provides 400 prostate brachytherapy treatments each year, utilising both the low-dose-rate and high-dose-rate techniques.
Dr Perna holds an MBBS from Universit� degli studi di Palermo. Following this, she completed higher specialist training in radiation oncology, before going on to accomplish a prestigious clinical fellowship at University College London Hospital, where she dedicated two years to formal research in pelvic radiotherapy. Additionally, Dr Perna holds the FRCS equivalent from the Royal College of Radiologists.
Beyond her practice, Dr Perna continues to make notable contributions to the field of clinical oncology. As a principal investigator, she has led several urological trials exploring radiotherapy techniques with hypo fractionation and SpaceOAR, as well as systemic treatments including Theranostic applications such as Lutetium PSMA for metastatic prostate cancer.
Areas of interest
Prostate cancer; Testicular cancer; Urology; Uro-Oncology; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Brachytherapy; Metastatic prostate cancer; Theranostics; PSMA Lutetium; Hypo-fractionation radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiotherapy; MRI Linac; HDR Brachytherapy; LDR Brachytherapy; SpaceOAR; Immunotherapy; Systemic treatments.
Medical secretaries
- Andrea Lee
- Genesis Care Cancer Care Centre Rosalind Franklin Close Guildford GU2 7AW
- 01483 806400
- pa.drperna@genesiscare.co.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Girish Dhond
Not Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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X0004
Clinical supervision and planning for the delivery of chemotherapy and/or systemic anti-cancer therapy for 1-28 days - (>50)
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (5-50) GenesisCare, Cromwell Hospital (1-5) GenesisCare, Surrey (1-5)
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20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (>50)
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A1080
Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT), second to fifth sessions, including adjustments, using Cyberknife or similar SRT technology - (5-50)
GenesisCare, Cromwell Hospital (5-50) GenesisCare, Guilford (5-50) GenesisCare, Surrey (1-5)
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X0008
Clinical supervision of external beam radiotherapy, for 16 or up to and including 30 fractions - (5-50)
GenesisCare, Guilford (1-5) GenesisCare, Surrey (1-5) Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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X6950
Clinical supervision of the planning of stereotactic radiosurgery e.g. SRT/SBRT and Gamma Knife - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5) GenesisCare, Guilford (1-5)
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