APMEA Molecular Tumor Board

Medical Oncologist and quality officer in Oncology at Tawam hospital, graduated from the MD Anderson Hematology and Medical Oncology fellowship in 2019. Main interest in breast cancer. Published several peer review research articles and multiple book chapters in breast cancer.

Dr.Bassim Al Bahrani is working as a Director at National Oncology Center, Royal Hospital Oman since 2010. He is an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of physicians and surgeons of Glasgow, and Ph.D. from University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Dr. Bhawna Sirohi started her oncology career at Tata Memorial centre (TMC), Mumbai in 1994 and completed training at Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, UK. She serves in Max Super specialty Hospital and is currently an honorary consultant with QMUL, London. At TMC in 2012-2014, she set up GI medical oncology &medical oncology information system (MOIS) for e-prescribing chemotherapy. She has been involved in initial setting up of cancer centres in Sangrur and Mohali, Punjab for TMC. She has piloted use of virtual consults using PROM & PREM in London.

Dr. Diaeddine Trad is a Consultant of Medical Oncology, at Tawam Hospital, in Al Ain, UAE. He is a member of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). He is an investigator in several ongoing clinical trials. Dr. Trad is certified as a specialist in internal medicine, hematology and oncology by the Lebanese Ministry of Health. His research interests include; non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma and locally advanced breast cancer. Dr. Trad was a speaker in many international conferences and forums.

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Dr. Maroun El Khoury completed his basic medical training from Saint Joseph University School of Medicine Beirut, Lebanon in 1999. He is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology and American Academy of Pain Management. Dr. Maroun El Khoury’s specialty is Oncology and currently work as a Consultant Oncologist.

Dr. Mastura Md Yusof is currently the Resident Consultant Oncologist for the Cancer Institute of Pantai Hospital Lumpur. Her area of expertise in clinical oncology encompasses radiotherapy and Medical Oncology as well as clinical research in various cancer types or sites. Dr Mastura serves as consultant in various advisory boards and expert committee panels for cancer and cancer-related services in government such as good oncology practice and chemotherapy protocol guideline, as well as in private sectors.

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Dr.Mohsen Mokhtar is a professor of clinical oncology in Al-Kasr Al-Aini Medical School. Dr.Mokhtar has more than 20 years of experience in hospital management and he is currently the chief medical director in Elaj group covering the clinical and medical audit of group facilities. He is now focusing on clinical trials in breast, gynecological and prostate cancers.

Dr.Nouri Bennini has served as Consultant Oncologist at the Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, since 1999. He received his general medicine diploma in 1988 from the University of Constantine in Algeria and undertook residency in medical oncology at the University of Bordeaux, France. At the University of Montpellier, France, Dr. Bennini specialised in breast diseases. He has published several scientific papers and contributed to a number of oncology conferences.

Omal Khair is currently a Consultant in the Division of Adult Medical, Department of Oncology in Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs – Saudi Arabia and Assistant Professor at the King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.

Dr. Kumar is a professor and medical oncologist in Tata Memorial Hospital and has more than two decades of experience.He is the present President and convener of Indian Cooperative Oncology Network (ICON).He has so far published over a hundred research and review articles/papers in journals of national and international repute.He has so far undertaken over 80 projects as Principal Ivestigator and Co-Investigator.He is a member of many international and national scientific societies and associations and has delivered talks in several conferences.These days he is proactive in increasing awareness about lung cancer and has successfully conceptualized Lung Cancer Consortium Asia ,he has significantly contributed in translational and clinical research work in the field of lung cancer and has published 17 papers in recent years.He is dedicated to create awareness about lung cancer with utmost importance to patient care and to strengthen future research.

Dr. Ramanujam Singarachari ( Dr Ram) came to SKMC in 2009 from Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand after 3 years of higher training in Medical Oncology. He has completed his Medical Oncology Super-Specialty Degree (DM) in 2001 from Cancer Institute, Chennai, India and subsequently worked as faculty at regional cancer centers in India, before joining as senior staff specialist at Dubai Hospital, UAE. He is certified and recertified (2019) from European Society of Medical Oncology. He is also certified in Medical Oncology by the Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom and the Association of Cancer Physicians. His areas of interest are GI cancers, Breast cancers, CNS cancers and Palliative Care.

“Dr Riyaz Shah is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at The Harley Street Clinic and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. He specialises in lung and gastrointestinal cancers and malignant mesothelioma. Dr Shah completed his medical degree at the University of London and obtained a First Class Honours Intercalated BSc in Experimental Pathology. Following this he undertook further medical training at The London Chest Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, University College London, Guy’s Hospital and The Royal Marsden. In 1997 he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London. He undertook a Clinical Research Fellowship with The Imperial Cancer Research Fund to investigate abnormal genes in pancreatic cancer. This work led to him being awarded with a PhD by Imperial College London. Following this, Dr Shah trained to become a specialist in Medical Oncology at The Royal Marsden Hospital and was awarded an ASCO Foundation Merit Award. In 2006 he was appointed Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Kent Oncology Centre. Dr. Shah is actively involved in training future medical oncologists and has an extensive role in clinical research. He has been a principal investigator on many trials at his centre and has been instrumental in the introduction of immunotherapy into routine clinical practice within Kent. He has served on the NCRI Lung Group, acted as chairman of the Kent Lung Network Lead and continues to be the lead for research at his Cancer Centre. He has been published widely and is regularly asked to speak both nationally and internationally on cancer issues”

Professor Popat has both a private and an NHS practice at The Royal Marsden. Professor 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 a specialist thoracic oncologist, and is an internationally recognised expert in the treatment of lung cancer, mesothelioma and cancers of the thymus (thymoma and thymic carcinoma). He is Chair of the British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG), and also the Advanced Diseases Sub-group of the UK NCRI Lung Cancer Clinical Studies Group. He is Cancer Divisional Co-Director of the NIHR-London South Clinical Research Network. He is active in the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Lung Group, the European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP), and the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG).

Dr. Shaheenah Dawood’s specialty is Oncology and currently works as a Consultant Oncologist in Mediclinic City Hospital. She currently serves as president of the Excellence in Oncology Care (EIOC) congress that is held annually in Dubai and is Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Breast Cancer Summit (APBCS) & APGCS.

Dr. Shona Nag is currently Director of Oncology at Sahayadri Group of Hospitals in Pune. She is known for her work in women’s health – especially breast cancer, cervical cancer & developmental theraputics. With over 27 years of practice, Dr. Shona Nag, who studied medicine in Pune’s BJ Medical College, followed by an oncology fellowship at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai has been Principal Investigator for over 40 Phase I, II, III global clinical Trials in Breast cancer, Ovarian cancer, lung cancer, Renal cell carcinoma, colorectal cancer.

“Solange Peters, MD, PhD, is a full professor and chair of medical oncology, as well as the thoracic malignancies program in the Department of Oncology at the University Hospital of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. She received both her doctorate in medicine and PhD from the University Hospital of Lausanne. After completing her clinical education in medical oncology and molecular biology in Switzerland and Italy, Prof. Peters has specialized in thoracic tumors, lung cancer, and pleural tumors. Prof. Peters is currently in charge of teaching and patient care in thoracic malignancies at Lausanne University, where she is building a translational program in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Ludwig Institute. Her main fields of interest are new biomarkers discovery and validation in preclinical and clinical settings, multimodality strategies for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as well as cancer immunotherapy. Her current research projects are mainly focused on innovative immunotherapy combinations and new immunomodulating treatments across thoracic malignancies. She acts as the local principal investigator (PI) for lung trials opened at Lausanne Cancer Centre and is a co-PI of several other trials. Additionally, she acts as the scientific coordinator and Foundation Council member of the European Thoracic Oncology Platform. Professor Peters has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, acts as associate editor of the Annals of Oncology, serves on the editorial board of several other oncology journals, and was the deputy editor of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology for 10 years. Prof. Peters is active in the educational programs of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) – where she created the Women for Oncology Committee and for which she is the youngest President ever for an extended time of 3 years 2020-2022, and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) – were she was a previous Board of Directors member. “

Dr. Sonia Otsmane is an experienced Medical Oncology-Haematology Consultant since 2004. Graduated from the Central faculty of Medecine Algiers in 1994. MD degree. Oncology-hematology board : Pierre and Marie curie institute in 2004. ESMO member. Member of ASCO. Member of Emirates oncology and hematology society. Member of Oncology society and Algerian order of physicians. Main interest: breast cancer, sarcomas, GI and GU malignancies and lymphomas. Has an interest and implicated in several clinical research. Publications and research ongoing on Hematology malignancies (Multiple myeloma /Lymphoma), Solid tumors mainly Breast cancer Head and neck tumors and Immunotherapy. Currently working as Medical Oncology Hematology Physician at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City.

Dr. Sudeep Gupta is a Professor of Medical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India. Dr. Gupta obtained his MBBS degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi in 1992. He completed his Postgraduate (MD degree) in internal medicine in 1994 and his Medical Oncology training in 2000 at the same Institute. Following his Medical Oncology training, Dr. Gupta joined Tata Memorial hospital in Mumbai as an Assistant Professor in Medical Oncology and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2003 and Professor in 2010.