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Dr Riyaz Shah

Dr Riyaz Shah

Medical oncology 04109673

  • Bupa Platinum consultant
  • Fee assured
  • Open Referral network
Overview
Bupa Platinum consultant
Fee assured
Open Referral network

Offers

  • Face-to-face consultations
  • Video and telephone consultations
  • Home chemotherapy

About me

Dr Shah trained at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals between 1988 and 1994, obtaining a First Class Honours Intercalated BSc in Experimental Pathology. He obtained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1997.

Dr Shah was awarded a Clinical Research Fellowship by The Imperial Cancer Research Fund undertaking a PhD in cancer gene expression.

Dr Shah subsequently trained to become a specialist in Medical Oncology at The Royal Marsden Hospital and was awarded an ASCO Foundation Merit Award in 2005. He was appointed Consultant Medical Oncologist in 2006.

Dr Shah is a specialist thoracic Medical Oncologist specialising in the treatment of all lung tumours (Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma and Thymic malignancies.

He is involved in training future medical oncologists and has an extensive role in clinical research. He has served on the NCRI Lung Group, acted as Chair of the Kent Lung Network and Research Lead at his cancer centre.

Dr Shah is heavily involved in clinical research. He acts as principal investigator on many trials in his centre and has been a major champion in the introduction of immunotherapy and targeted therapies into routine clinical practice.

He has published widely and regularly speaks both nationally and internationally on cancer issues.

He specialises in all forms of modern systemic therapy including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, kinase inhibitors, bispecifics and antibody drug conjugates.

He has a leadership role within the British Thoracic Oncology Group and acts as a clinical advisor with the UK patient groups EGFR+ and ALK+UK,

Areas of interest

Specialist in cancers of the chest (e.g. lung cancer, mesothelioma); Specialist in unknown primary malignancies; Specialist in acute oncology; Specialist in phase II and III clinical trials; Specialist in immunotherapy, targeted therapy, molecular oncology.

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Procedures completed

  • X0004

    Clinical supervision and planning for the delivery of chemotherapy and/or systemic anti-cancer therapy for 1-28 days - (>50)

    GenesisCare, Maidstone (>50)

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    Clinical supervision and planning for the delivery of chemotherapy and/or systemic anti-cancer therapy for 1-21 days - (>50)

    GenesisCare, Maidstone (5-50)

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