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I am a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Hammersmith Hospital Imperial NHS Trust. My particular interest is in the oncological delivery and treatment of Liver tumours by endovascular means.

Dr Shahid Khan is a Consultant Physician at St Mary’s and Hammersmith Hospitals and a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London, having been appointed in 2007. He is a Consultant in Gastroenterology with Specialist Accreditation in Hepatology. He is also a Trainer in Endoscopy.

Background Dr Khan graduated from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Medical School in 1994. He completed specialist training in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and General Medicine in 2007 in North-West London and in 2003 he was awarded a PhD from the University of London for studies in liver cancer. Dr Khan became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in 2010.

International Profile Dr Khan has lectured on liver and gastrointestinal disease nationally and internationally at Hepatology and Gastroenterology conferences. He is the lead author on the National guidelines for biliary cancer and was on the European panel for the International guidelines. Dr Khan has also given several presentations and lectures on various aspects of liver and gastrointestinal disease at national and international conferences, including the British of Society Gastroenterology, British and European Associations for the Study of the Liver, the American Association for the Study of the Liver, the International Liver Cancer Association and the Royal Society of Medicine.

Research Dr Khan is the Academic Lead at Imperial College for Liver Cancer. He is also a Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London where he leads a research team investigating early biomarkers in liver disease and supervises several PhD students. His research areas include the epidemiology, aetiopathogenesis, metabolomic, proteomic and genomic analyses of liver cancer. He is recipient of several national research grants. Dr Khan has published over 50 articles in the international medical literature including original research articles, reviews and book chapters.

Robert Leonard is a medical oncologist with a major interest in the management of breast cancer. He is a former Professor of Cancer Studies at Imperial College London and honorary consultant medical oncologist at Imperial College NHS Trust; The BUPA Cromwell Hospital, The London Clinic and the London Oncology Clinic. His academic roles have included 25 years in senior Academic and NHS administrative roles in London, Edinburgh and Swansea.

Professor Leonard originally trained and qualified at Charing Cross Hospital, where he was awarded the Clinical Gold Medal and six of the final year prizes. Research Fellowships at Oxford’s Radcliffe Infirmary and Harvard Medical School followed his post-graduate training.

Prior to his roles as Professor of Cancer Studies and Chief of Service for Medical Oncology at Imperial College, he was Professor of Medical Oncology at Swansea Medical School and Director of the South West Wales Cancer Institute.

He is a co-founder and is Medical Director for Maggies’ Cancer Caring Centres UK, and chairs the professional advisory board. Since 2009 he has been Chair of the Scientific Board for Breast Cancer Care UK. He set up and Chairs the International Anglo Celtic Collaborative Oncology Trials Group.

He is author/co-author of more than 350 peer reviewed original papers and reviews. He has been a senior advisor to Cancer Research UK and is lead investigator several previous and current UK clinical Trials. He also regularly acts as expert oncology witness for legal cases.