Uk Ovary Cancer Consultants

Dr Penny Kehagioglou is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist based at The Royal United Hospital in Bath.

Dr Kehagioglou graduated from Wales University Medical School with Honours. She trained in General Medicine in UK and subsequently did her specialty training in Clinical Oncology in London, Scotland and Athens. She obtained her CCT in Clinical Oncology in 2010 and at the same time, her MSc in Public Health and Health Management from the University of London. Her first clinical oncology consultant post was in Scotland, where she specialised in colorectal, breast and gynaecological malignancies, with her specialist clinical interest being gynaecological brachytherapy.

Dr Jurjees Hasan is a Consultant Medical Oncologist based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.

Dr Hasan graduated in India, and undertook his specialist training in the UK. He joined the Christie Foundation Trust in 2005 when he was appointed to the post of medical oncologist.

Dr Hasan’s sub speciality interests include gynaecological malignancies, colorectal cancer and carcinoma of unknown primary site and he is the lead medical oncologist for gynaecological malignancies in the southern sector of the Greater Manchester Cancer Network. He also provides an outreach clinic at Stepping Hill Hospital where he has developed a chemotherapy service for colorectal cancers.

Professor Gordon Jayson is a Consultant Medical Oncologist based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.

Professor Jayson has developed new treatments for cancer, in particular ovarian cancer, focusing principally on drugs that block blood vessel formation to starve tumours of oxygen and nutrients. Professor Jayson provides a supra-regional service for patients with new diagnoses and previously treated ovarian cancer.

Having trained in medicine at Oxford University, Professor Jayson trained in oncology and undertook a PhD in molecular biochemistry and angiogenesis in Manchester and the Christie Hospital.

Following his PhD, Professor Jayson has conducted post-doctoral research that aims to translate the new data from heparan sulfate biology into the clinic. His current programme of work is directed at the laboratory development of novel oligosaccharides as anti-angiogenic agents and the early and late clinical trial evaluation of this class of drugs. The latter programme aims to identify serological and imaging based biomarkers that will identify the patients who are most likely to benefit from this these agents and which will be used to underpin the development of combination regimens of biological agents. This work is largely focused on ovarian cancer, the disease that Professor Jayson looks after in Christie Hospital.

Dr Carys Thomas is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist based at the Kent Oncology Centre.

Dr Thomas trained at Jesus College, Cambridge and University College London, qualifying in 1998. Thereafter she gained general medical experience in London, and commenced her specialist oncology registrar posts training at University College Hospital, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Royal Surrey Hospital and Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital. She obtained Fellowship to the Royal College of Radiologists in 2005.  She was awarded a clinical research fellowship in radiation oncology at the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, Canada, where she specialised in prostate brachytherapy and researching in breast cancer.  In 2007 Dr Thomas became a Consultant in East Kent and her main clinical interests are in the management of breast, urological (prostate, bladder and kidney) and gynaecological cancers. 

Dr Thomas has an interest in radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapies. She has extensive experience of using highly technical radiotherapy, including Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT). 

Nationally she sits on the executive committee of the British Uro-oncology Group providing educational guidance on urological cancers. She is keen on education and has been the Royal College Tutor for oncology as well as Associate Professor to St George’s Medical School, Granada.

Dr Carys Thomas is also a member of The Royal College of Radiologist, The Royal College of Physicians, The European Society for Therapeutic Radiotherapy and Oncology, British Medical Association and the American Brachytherapy Society.

Mr Luciano Nardo is a Consultant Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist.

Mr Nardo trained in Italy, London and Manchester before being appointed as Consultant in Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, where he worked until 2011. He is an accredited subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery.

Mr Nardo has vast experience in advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for the treatment of endometriosis, adhesions, fibroids, ovarian cysts, tubal surgery and other benign gynaecological conditions, and regularly performs complex laparoscopic procedures such as hysterectomy, myomectomy and reversal of sterilisation as day case procedures. He has both clinical and academic interests in pelvic pain, menstrual disorders, infertility, assisted conception, gynaecological endocrinology and hysteroscopic management of uterine abnormalities. He also has expertise in gynaecological ultrasound scan and management of early pregnancy problems including recurrent miscarriage.

Mr Nardo is a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and an associate member of many other learned societies including the British Fertility Society (BFS), European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). He is past chair of the BFS training subcommittee and is a preceptor for the BFS special skills modules in Pelvic Ultrasound, Embryo Transfer, Management of the Infertile Couple and Assisted Conception. Mr Nardo has a strong research programme and is currently co-investigator of several international multicentre research trials. He has published widely on many aspects of gynaecology, reproductive and surgery, is a member of the editorial board of Reproductive BioMedicine Online and is regularly an invited speaker at national and international conferences.