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I trained in Medical Oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital and have been a Consultant Medical Oncologist since 1995, initially working in both Southampton and Salisbury. I now work solely in Southampton where I am also the Lead Cancer Clinician.

As an NHS Consultant I work at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust where I am also the Lead Cancer Clinician.
I specialise in the chemotherapy treatment of gastro-intestinal cancers (oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, and bowel cancer). I am also the lead for Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP).

I am an active participant in clinical trials trying to improve the treatment for these cancers and have published widely on the treatment of gastro-intestinal cancers.

I am the chief investigator of the SCOT study looking at the duration of adjuvant chemotherapy treatment.

I am a member of the NCRI (National Cancer Research Institute) Colorectal Cancer Adjuvant and Advanced Disease Sub-group. I sit on the Medical Advisory Board of Bowel Cancer UK and Clinical Advisory Board of Macmillan.

I believe that patients should be well informed about their cancer and its treatment and therefore should have access to high quality patient information. For many years I have worked with Macmillan and I am now their Chief Medical Editor overseeing the information in their booklets and on their website.