Dr Ramkumar Shanmugasundaram is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist based at University Hospital Southampton NHS trust.

Ramkumar trained in India as a radiation oncologist from 1994 – 1997. He contuined his training as a Specialist Registrar in Wessex Clinical Oncology Rotation 2004-2009 and obtained Certificate of Completion of Training Fellowship in IMRT & IGRT at Royal Marsden Hospital in 2009.

He specialises in chemotherapy and high precision radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, skull base tumours and colorectal cancer. Dr Shanmugasundaram also has experience in proton therapy for skull base tumours.

He is a member of the Royal College of Radiologists, Royal College of Physicians, Medical Protection Society, British Medical Association, British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists,  and the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.

Dr Iveson is a Consultant Medical Oncologist based at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.  He works at both Southampton and Salisbury.

He specialises in the chemotherapy treatment of gastro-intestinal cancers (oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, and bowel cancer).

He is an active participant in clinical trials trying to improve the treatment for these cancers and has published widely on the treatment of gastro-intestinal cancers.

He is the chief investigator of the SCOT study looking at the duration of adjuvant chemotherapy treatment. 

He is a member of the NCRI (National Cancer Research Institute) Colorectal Cancer Adjuvant and Advanced Disease Sub-group. He is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of Bowel Cancer UK and the Clinical Advisory Board for Macmillan Cancer Support.

He believes 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 he has worked with Macmillan Cancer Support and now is their Chief Medical Editor overseeing the information in their booklets and on their website.