Ovacome’s Expert Advisory Panel provides information and guidance, acting as a specialist resource to the charity. Our panel members are all recognised experts in their field. They give their time to Ovacome voluntarily.
Professor Sean Kehoe
MD DCH FRCOG
Head of the Ovacome Expert Advisory Panel
Senior Research Fellow, St Peters College, Oxford
Member of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FIGO) Gynaecological cancer committee
Dr Jo Ashcroft
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Consultant Clinical Psychologist and lead for Cancer Psychological Support at Macmillan Cancer Psychological Support (CaPS) Team, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
https://joashcroftpsychology.co.uk/
Professor Susana Banerjee
Professor of Women's Cancers, The Institute of Cancer Research
Consultant Medical Oncologist MA MBBS PhD FRCP and Research Lead, Gynaecology Unit
Dr Sarah Batty
Specialty doctor in palliative medicine and GP.
Professor Mona El-Bahrawy
MBBCh, MSc, PhD, FRCPath, CUBS (Civil)
Professor of Practice (Histopathology), Imperial College London, UK
Professor of Pathology, Alexandria University, Egypt
President of The Egyptian Committee for Pathology Training (ECPT)
Former Country Advisor for Egypt, The Royal College of Pathologists, UK
Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield
Cancer psychologist and a professor of psycho-oncology at the University of Sussex
Director of the Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C) group
Professor Christina Fotopoulou
Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital
Chair of gynaecological cancer surgery in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London.
Professor Charlie Gourley
Chair of Medical Oncology and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
Clinical Director, CRUK Scotland Centre
Director, Nicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research University of Edinburgh
Dr Emma Hudson
Consultant in clinical oncology specialising in the treatment of gynaecological and lung cancers, at Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff.
Dr Cathy Hughes
Divisional Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Women’s, Children’s and Clinical Support, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr James MacKay
One of the first accredited Consultant Clinical Genetic Oncologists with a special interest in cancer genetics in the UK.
An honorary senior lecturer in the Research Department of Oncology, The UCL Cancer Institute, University College London.
Natalie Marriott
Surgical Care Practitioner (paracentesis specialist nurse)
Professor Glenn McCluggage
Consultant Histopathologist in Royal Group of Hospitals Trust, Belfast
Honorary Professor in Gynaecological Pathology of Queen’s University of Belfast
Dr Terri McVeigh
Consultant Clinical Geneticist MB BAO BCh. (Hons), PGCert (Medical Genetics), PGDip (Med. Sci.), MSc (Clin. Ed.), PhD, MRCS
Mr Mohamed Mehasseb
MBBCh MSc MD MRCOG PhD
Dr Rowan Miller
Consultant Medical Oncologist specialising in gynae-oncology and early phase clinical trials at University College London and St Bartholomew's Hospitals
Valerie Ng
Macmillan Gynaecology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Nurse Specialist Team Lead Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Mr Andy Nordin
Gynaecologist and sub specialist gynaecological oncologist.
Lead for East Kent Gynaecological Oncology Centre multidisciplinary team Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London
Apini Patel
Senior Oncology Pharmacist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Maria Denise Pessoa Silva
Associate Lead for Therapies and Professional Lead Occupational Therapist at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Julia Pugh
Oncology Advanced nurse practitioner and psychosexual therapist
Rhia Saggu
Dr Mary Tanay
RN, ENT, MSc, FHEA
Macmillan Nurse Consultant In Genomics, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Visiting Lecturer at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King’s College London.
Dr Alexandra Taylor
MBBS MRCP FRCR MD
Consultant in Clinical Oncology at The Royal Marsden
Chair of the London Cancer Alliance Gynaecology Oncology Pathway Group
Rachel White
Specialist Oncology Dietitian, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Jason Yap
BSc(Hon), MBBS, MRCOG, PhD
Consultant Gynaecologist and Gynaecological Oncologist
Associate Clinical Professor within Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham
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