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Consultant directory

With so many consultants, all with special interests, we appreciate it can be difficult for GPs to make the right referral choice, and it can be confusing for patients.

This consultant directory is offered as an easy reference guide to the specific clinical services and interests of all the consultants working at or for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

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Browse by category results: oncology

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  Dr Suhail Anwar, Consultant Oncologist

  Completed primary medical training in Pakistan in 1992 medical/cardiology SHO in Saudi Arabia in 1995. Moved into general medicine in Lincoln and Wolverhampton (1996 - 1999). His subspecialties are breast, gynaecological and skin cancers.

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  Dr Helen Benghiat, Consultant Oncologist

  Specialist interest in neuro-oncology, paediatric radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery.

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  Dr Shan Chetiyawardana, Consultant Oncologist, Lung Cancer

  Qualified in Sri Lanka in 1975. A consultant oncologist at the QE Hospital since 1983. Specialises in tumour sites in lungs, breasts and urology.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3572
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  Dr Ahmed El-Modir, Consultant Oncologist

  Qualified from the University of Al Fateh, Libya in 1993. Became a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists in 2002. Interests include the radiotherapeutic treatment of prostate cancer as well as hormone and chemotherapy.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3597
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  Dr Indrajit N Fernando, Consultant Oncologist, Breast and Gynaecological

  His specialist clinical area is in breast and gynaecological cancers. He also has an interest in the combined use of radiation and chemotherapies and sits on a number of national steering committees.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3573
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  Dr Daniel Ford, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Clinical Service Lead for Oncology

  Graduated from Birmingham 1997. Completed training at UCL & Great Ormond Street. Specialises in paediatric radiotherapy and treatment of adult urological malignancy. Clinical lead for radiotherapy.

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  Dr J Ian Geh, Consultant Oncologist, Upper GI & Brain Tumours

  Training in and around London and gaining his first medical qualification from University College Hospital in 1988, he is an honorary senior lecture at the University of Birmingham and actively involved in research.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3570
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  Dr Qamar Ghafoor, Clinical Oncology Consultant

  Trained in West Midlands, graduated from the University of Birmingham. Patients with lung and skin malignancies, with a particular interest in 4D and stereotactic lung radiotherapy.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3599
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  Dr James Good, Consultant Clinical Oncologist

  Specialises in drug and radiation treatment of head/neck, thyroid and bowel cancer. Trained at Royal Marsden Hospital. Research interests in new cancer drugs (especially immunotherapy), and optimising curative radiotherapy, including CyberKnife.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3598
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  Dr Andrew G Hartley, Consultant Clinical Oncologist

  His main clinical interests are definitive chemoradiation of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and neoadjuvant chemoradiation of rectal and pancreatic adneocarcinoma. His research is centred around radiobiological modelling.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3569
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  Dr Mariam Jafri, Consultant Medical Oncologist

  Graduated University of Birmingham. Trained at the UHB with oncology training in Oxford and Birmingham. Received a MRC Clinical Research Fellowship and PhD in cancer genetics. Interests are; breast cancer, sarcoma, germ cell tumours, teenage and young adu

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3615
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  Professor Nicholas James, Professor Clinical Oncologist

  Qualified from Barts Hospital with the main class prize in medicine. He undertook general medical training in London and Brussels and specialist oncology training in London and Tokyo. He specialises in the treatment of advanced urological cancer.

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  Dr Anthony Kong, Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honouary NHS Consultant Oncologist

  Graduated from Barts and The London School of Medicine. Clinical Oncology training at Barts and The Royal Marsden Hospitals. PhD from UCL. Specialist in breast cancer and head and neck cancer. Interests in translational research and clinical trials.

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  Dr Victoria Kunene, Medical Oncology Consultant

  Completed medical oncology specialist training in the West Midlands. Treats patients with upper and lower GI cancers, and cancers of unknown primary.

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  Dr Francis Albert Levi, Honorary Consultant

  Trained in Minneapolis, USA, and Paris, France. Specialises in gastrointestinal oncology, chrono-chemotherapy, medico-surgical strategies for metastatic gastro-intestinal cancers and telecare/telehealth for home care patient management

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  Dr Yuk Ting Ma, Medical Oncology Consultant

  Graduated from the University of Birmingham and trained in the West Midlands. Special interests in hepatobiliary oncology, epigenetics, and clinical trials.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3573
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  Professor Gary Middleton, Professor in Medical Oncology

  University of London. Specialty training, Royal Marsden. Specialises management of lung/gastrointestinal cancer. Interests: cancer immunobiology, tumour microenvironment & implications of intratumoral heterogeneity for outcome with targeted therapy.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 6317
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  Dr Christos Mikropoulos, Consultants in Clinical Oncology

  Consultant Clinical Oncologist trained in London. Specialises in radiotherapy and systemic treatment of Adult Urological Malignancies and Gynaecological maligancies. Research interest in Cancer Genetics.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3588
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  Dr Jennifer Pascoe, Consultant Medical Oncologist

  Graduated from Nottingham University in 2000 and completed specialist training in medical oncology in the West Midlands. Specialist interests include the management of gynaecological and lung cancers.

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  Dr David R Peake, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Pancreatic Bone/Urology, Lung Cancers, Divisional Director, Division C

  Graduated from University of Liverpool in 1984; trained in Liverpool and Sheffield; specialist training at the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. He is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham.

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  Dr Emilio Porfiri, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology

  Qualified in 1982; received his PhD from the Royal Free Hospital Medical School in 1993. His areas of professional interest are cancer gene therapy and the treatment of urological tumours.

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  Dr Pankaj Punia, Consultant Medical Oncologist

  Qualified in India. Completed specialist training at St James Institute of Oncology, Leeds. Special interests in management of hepatobiliary cancers, colorectal cancers and clinical trials.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3601
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  Dr Daniel Rea, Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology, Clinical Service Lead for Oncology

  Qualified from the University of London in 1986. He works with patients suffering from gastrointestinal, breast and lung cancers as well as lymphoma. His research interests are in treatment of breast cancers using endocrine therapy.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3599
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  Dr Paul Sanghera, Consultant Clinical Oncologist and Lead Radiotherapy Clinician

  Postgraduate training in London and West Midlands. Radiotherapy fellowship in Toronto. Specialist in neuro, head &neck oncology & stereotactic radiotherapy. Committed to improving radiotherapy & led clinical implementation of IMRT & CyberKnife at UHB

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  Prof Maria De Santis, Professor Clinical Oncologist

  Associate Professor of Oncology at University of Warwick's Cancer Research Unit, former chair of the genitourinary cancer service at the Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital, Vienna. Graduated and made habilitation in Salzburg. Trained in Vienna and Oslo.

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  Dr Jenny Sherriff, Consultant Clinical Oncologist

  Graduated from Birmingham in 2003. Trained as a Clinical Oncologist in the West Midlands. Specialises in sarcoma and breast malignancies, with a specialist interest in stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (CyberKnife) for spinal metastases.

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  Dr John Speakman, Consultant Palliative Medicine

  Graduated 1990 in Birmingham. Worked as a GP then in palliative care. 2006 joined UHB, chairs the DNACPR group and is a member of the Clinical Ethics Group. Interests include cancer pain management and supportive care both in cancer and non-cancer.

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  Dr David Spooner, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Group Director for Breast, Bone and Skin Cancer

  Special interests in young peoples tumours, breast, bone and neurological cancer. Also a visiting consultant at Birmingham Children's, the Royal Orthopaedic, Sandwell and City Hospitals and a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. FRCP, FRCR.

• • Secretary: 0121 371 3614
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  Dr Neil Steven, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology

  Medical Oncology lead within colorectal and skin cancer multi-disciplinary teams.  Special interests include melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma & early phase clinical trials, focusing on immunotherapy & virus-associated malignancy.

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  Dr Andrea M Stevens, Consultant Clinical Oncologist

  Qualified from Guy's Hospital Medical School 1991. Oncology training in the West Midlands and appointed as a consultant at UHB in 2000. Site specialist interests are breast cancer and radiotherapy for lymphoma and haematological malignancies.

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  Dr Robert Stevenson, Consultant Oncologist

  Graduated from Leicester-Warwick medical school in 2005 and completed specialist training in clinical oncology in the West Midlands. Specialist interests include the management of urological, breast and lung cancers.

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  Dr Steven Watkins, Clinical Oncologist

  Graduated from Barts and the London, 2001. Completed postgraduate training in London at UCH and Mount Vernon. Specialises in skin and lung malignancies. Specific interest in advanced stereotactic and ablative radiotherapy techniques.

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  Dr Sarah Williams, Consultant Medical Oncologist

  Qualified MBChB 1998 in Birmingham. Completed General Medical Training and gained a MRCP (UK) in 2002 at HEFT. Moved to Medical Oncology as a consultant at UHB 2008. Special interests in Gynae Oncology and Medical oncology registrar training.

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  Dr Sundus Yahya, Consultant Clinical Oncologist

  Postgraduate training in West Midlands. Specialises in breast, lung and skin malignancies. Specific interest in advanced radiotherapy techniques including stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy.

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  Dr Anjali Zarkar, Consultant Oncologist

  Trained in Clinical Oncology at Liverpool and in the West Midlands. Appointed consultant clinical oncologist in 2006. Interests: urological oncology, prostate brachytherapy, radiotherapy for lymphoma and non melanomatous skin cancers.