The Oncology Care Team

The Oncology Department has a dedicated multi-disciplinary team who will be caring for you during your treatment.

Consultant Team

Service Director of Oncology: Jenny Nobes

Clinical Oncologists

Brain Dr Pinelopi Gkogkou   Dr Andrew Ho	Breast Dr Dinos Geropantas Dr David Maskell	Colorectal Dr Debashis Biswas Dr Gaurav Kapur Dr Andrew Ho
Gynaecology Dr Robert J Wade Dr Debashis Biswas	Head & Neck Dr Tom W Roques Dr Dinos Geropantas Dr Lakshmi Harihar	Lung Dr Pinelopi Gkogkou Dr Zacharias Tasigiannopoulos
Lymphoma Dr Helen Swannie	NET Dr Gaurav Kapur Dr Daniel Holyoake	Ovary / Colorectal Dr Debashis Biswas
Sarcoma / CUP Dr Gill Gray Dr Daniel Holyoake	Skin Dr Jenny Nobes	Urology Dr Robert J Wade Dr Jenny Nobes Dr Gaurav Kapur Dr Helen Swannie

 

Medical Oncologists

Breast Dr Susanna Alexander   Germ Cell Tumours Dr Susanna Alexander

Ovary Dr Debashis Biswas Dr Robert Wade Colorectal Dr Andrew Ho Dr Debashis Biswas

Melanoma/Sarcoma/CUP Dr Gill Gray

Acute Oncology & Haematology Service (AOHS)

Emergency Oncology services – Dr Ricky Fenn (Clinical Lead) and Dr Gill Gray (Lead Consultant for AOHS)

Specialist Registrars – The Oncology department also has seven Specialist Registrars who work alongside the Oncologists as part of a training programme from Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.

Junior Doctors – Mulbarton Ward has junior Doctors who have their placements in Oncology for 6 months at a time.

Medical Students – The Oncology department supports the University of East Anglia medical students.  The students observe treatments and clinics in the department.

Nursing Teams

Oncology Matron – Tracy Shaw is responsible for managing all of the Nursing services for Oncology and Haematology inpatients, outpatients, Chemotherapy outpatients and Clinical Nurse Specialist services for Haematology, Oncology, AOHS and Palliative Care.

Weybourne Day Unit – Sister Mary Ewin manages the team of Nurses in the Chemotherapy outpatient unit.

Outpatients Department – Sister Mary Ewin manages the team of Oncology and Haematology outpatient Nurses in the Colney Centre.

Mulbarton Ward – Sister Helen Payne manages the three Nursing teams on Mulbarton ward.

Oncology Nurse Specialists

Act as key-workers who provide specialist support and advice to patients who are undergoing treatments.

Brain Hannah Hendry	Breast Liza Cadge Kaylen Phillips Jackie Howell	Colorectal Siobhan Falco Nicola Ritchie Amanda Hawes
Gynaecology/Sarcoma Ellie Moorse	Head & Neck Sarah Thirkettle	Lung/CUP Bev Knights Jenny Leeder
Urology/Germ Cell Lisa Pedro Jo Jennings	NET/Skin Graham Dilks	Upper GI/HPB Charlotte Lo

NNUH AOHS Nurses

Amy Knights                                       Hannah Langley                     Cathryn Boswell

Julie Spinks                                       Kaylen Phillips                        Naomi Shakespeare

Cromer AOHS Nurses

Emma Smerdon                               Philippa ‘Pip’ Penny              Bev Knights

Zara Leeder (Assistant Practitioner)

Radiotherapy Team

Head of Radiotherapy – Mark Gilham is responsible for managing the team of dedicated Oncology Therapy Radiographers within the Colney Centre.

Pre-treatment Radiographers – plan the Radiotherapy treatment with the Clinical Oncologist.

Treatment Radiographers – are responsible for the accurate delivery of Radiotherapy treatment to the patient on a daily basis.

Information and Support Radiographers – provide information about Radiotherapy, support and a review clinic for patients undergoing Radiotherapy.

Radiotherapy Physics – Ian Cowley is responsible for managing a team of physicists who ensure the safety and quality of Radiotherapy treatments given to patients.

Administration and Clerical Team

Administration Managers – Leanne Perry and Claudia Hackett are responsible for managing the Oncology and Haematology secretarial teams, the Colney Centre receptionists, the Chemotherapy scheduling team and patient pathway co-ordinators. Leanne and Claudia are supported by Emily Tyler, the Deputy Administration Manager.

For referring GPs only 

Please note Admin mailbox and direct department contact for oncology referrals and general queries:-

oncologyadmin@nnuh.nhs.uk