Oxford Case Histories in Lung Cancer
Himender K. Makker, Adam Ainley, Sanjay Popat, Julian Singer, Martin Hayward, and Antke Hagena
Author Information
Himender K. Makker, Consultant Respiratory Physician, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK, Adam Ainley, Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK, Sanjay Popat, Consultant Thoracic Medical Oncologist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, Julian Singer, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Princess Alexandra Hospitals NHS Trust, Harlow, UK, Martin Hayward, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon and Clinical lead for Thoracic Surgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, and Antke Hagena, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
Dr Himender Makker is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and Clinical Lead for Lung Cancer Service at the North Middlesex University Hospital. He established and developed Lung Cancer MDT team and service. He is a member of North and East London Lung Cancer Network, and contributes to the National Lung Cancer Audit and supports UCL and National Lung Cancer trials and projects. His research interests include sleep disordered breathing and asthma.
Dr Adam Ainley is a Speciality Trainee Registrar in Respiratory Medicine and General (Internal) Medicine within the North East Thames rotation in London. He undertook postgraduate general medical training in Oxford and London prior to his higher specialist training, and is currently undertaking a PhD within the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London.
Dr Sanjay Popat is a Consultant Thoracic Medical Oncologist at The Royal Marsden and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Molecular Genetics and Genomics Group at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. He is Chair of the British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG). He is a specialist thoracic oncologist, and internationally recognised as an expert in the treatment of lung cancer, mesothelioma, and cancers of the thymus. His research interests include identification and validation of DNA variants that influence thoracic tumour development, identification of biomarkers, and the development of novel therapeutic strategies for thoracic tumours.
Dr Julian Singer is a Consultant Oncologist specialising in lung cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy at the North Middlesex University and Princess Alexandra Hospitals. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Radiologists, and European Society of Medical Oncology. He is joint lead for lung cancer at Princess Alexandra Hospital, radiotherapy Lead for lung cancer at London Cancer Network, Oncology lead for breast cancer at Princess Alexandra Hospital and radiotherapy lung cancer lead at North Middlesex Hospital.
Mr Martin Hayward is Consultant Thoracic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Thoracic Surgery at University College Hospital, London. His research interests include heart failure, lung cancer surgery, and minimally invasive chest surgery.
Dr Antke Hagena trained and graduated in Germany, and completed an MD in Public Health before starting a training post in Medicine. Her interest in Palliative Medicine, which is not a medical speciality in Germany, brought her to London in 1999. She now works at North Middlesex University Hospital and Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead. Before taking up her consultant post, she returned to Germany to set up a new palliative care unit and community team. Her main interests lie in service development, improving access, and equity of care for patients requiring palliative care support.
Contributors:
Adam Ainley
Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
Spyros Gennatas
Clinical Research Fellow, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
Rebecca Gillibrand
Consultant Cellular Pathologist, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London,
Antke Hagena
Consultant in Palliative Medicine, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
Martin Hayward
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon and Clinical lead for Thoracic Surgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Adam Januszewski
Academic Clinical Fellow, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Oscar Juan
Medical Oncologist, University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
Sashin Kaneria
Consultant Radiologist, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
Himender Makker
Consultant Respiratory Physician, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
Sofoklis Mitsos
Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Fellow, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Davide Patrini
Senior Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Sanjay Popat
Consultant Thoracic Medical Oncologist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Bryan Sheinman
Consultant Chest Physician, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
Julian Singer
Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Princess Alexandra Hospitals NHS Trust, Harlow, UK
Kobika Sritharan
Oncology Registrar, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
Nadza Tokaca
Academic Clinical Fellow, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
