Job title: Consultant Clinical Oncologist

Department: Oncology

Telephone number: 01772 522984

Primary medical qualification: MB ChB University of Manchester

Other qualifications: MRCP, FRCR

Year of registration: 1998

GMC number: 4535861

Career history: I graduated from the University of Manchester in 1998. After general medical training within the North West and Yorkshire, I completed my specialist oncology training in Yorkshire (Cookridge Hospital and St James Institute of Oncology, Leeds). I spent a year as a Clinical Research Fellow at Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, where my research focused on technical radiotherapy for breast and gynaecological cancers, including IMRT and brachytherapy.

I moved to Lancashire, and my current post, in 2009.

I currently treat patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and treat patients from Preston/Chorley, East Lancashire, Blackpool and the Fylde Coast and Morecambe Bay as part of the regional anal cancer service.  I also treat patients with breast cancer from Morecambe Bay.

Specialist areas: Colorectal cancer, anal cancer, breast cancer

Specialist interests: Development of technical radiotherapy for pelvic cancers and for breast cancer; multidisciplinary management of anal cancer

Research interests: Colorectal and anal cancer treatment (particularly relating to radiotherapy), breast cancer radiotherapy

Clinics: Royal Preston Hospital, Furness General Hospital

Languages spoken: English