Immuno Oncology Session

Dr. Archana has more than 20 years’ experience from UK, UAE & India She was Fully trained in the UK for 15 years. Ex-consultant Oncoplastic breast surgeon at Peterborough hospital (UK). Ex- Consultant Oncoplastic breast surgeon at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India. Ex- Consultant Oncoplastic breast surgery at Narayana Health, Bangalore, India Dr Archana has been awarded the coveted Donald Mcneill Oncoplastic fellowship by the Association of Breast Surgeons UK. Fellow of Royal College Of Surgeons, UK Faculty at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK Reviewer for the Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology & Dubai Medical Journal Dr. Archana has done extensive research at University College London on DNA replication markers as prognostic & predictive factors for breast cancer Published papers in multiple peer reviewed journals Invited as faculty in numerous international conferences.

Dr. Bhawna Sirohi is currently a consultant medical oncologist in GI & breast cancers and Director of Medical Oncology at BALCO Medical Centre,Nava Raipur, India. She is an honorary consultant with Queen Mary’s University, London. She was previously working at The Barts Health NHS Trust, London. She started her oncology training in India in 1994 at the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai and completed at Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, UK. She has been working as consultant medical oncologist since 2008, in breast and GI cancers and acute oncology, both in India and UK. She has published more than 100 papers in national and international journals and lectured worldwide. She has edited three books on Cancer – Cancer- Questions Answered, Chemotherapy in GI cancers & Modern GI Oncology. She is the immediate past editor-in-chief of Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology. She is currently the President of the Oncology section of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Dr Fathi Azribi is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at American Hospital Dubai. His main interest is in thoracic, breast, gynaecological and gastrointestinal malignancies, with expertise in treatment with chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal, and targeted therapy. He also founded the first Medical Oncology Fellowship program in the UAE.

Dr. Hala graduated from the University of Alexandria, Faculty of Medicine, Egypt, in 1994 and undertook her speciality qualification in Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy in 1996. She also attained her Master’s degree and PhD in Clinical Oncology in Egypt. She has achieved FRCR in Clinical Oncology from the Royal College of London and she is European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) certified. She was nominated as a lecturer in the Oncology and Radiotherapy Department at the University of Alexandria, Egypt. Since 2011, Dr. Hala has been working in the UAE, first at Mafraq Hospital then at Mediclinic Al Noor Hospital since 2008, where she is Head of the Oncology department). Dr. Hala has contributed to numerous research projects and has published articles in international and domestic journals. She also actively participates in numerous conferences and CME activities. Dr. Hala is interested in treating all kind of solid tumours.

Dr. Shiu is a Consultant in the Gastrointestinal Oncology Unit at University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Associate Professor at the UCL Cancer Institute. His research interests include immunotherapy for GI malignancies and Cancer of Unknown Primary, as well as the development of novel cancer clinical trial designs. He is the Principal Investigator of the UCL/UCLH Gastrointestinal Cancer Translational Research Biobank and member of ASCO, ESMO and the Chair of the Association of Cancer Physicians New Consultant Group.

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.

Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam. Netherlands. After graduating Medical School (2008) Myriam Chalabi did her residency in internal medicine/medical oncology. In 2016 she became staff member at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam as a Gastrointestinal Oncologist and clinician scientist.

Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood is a British trained oncologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience. He is well known for developing advanced forms of Image Guided Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy in several centres. Moreover, he is expert in managing patients with Immunotherapy for several types of cancers. Dr Rana Mahmood has extensively published his clinical experience and research work in peer reviewed journals. He has trained a number of oncologists and teaches at the Royal College courses. He has been awarded Fellowship of both Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Radiologists in UK. He led several international trials, for advanced radiotherapy, Immunotherapy and other biological/molecular agents. He is member of American Society of Oncology and European Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology.

 Shaheenah Dawood is a consultant medical oncologist and professor in clinical oncology in the United Arab Emirates. She currently leads the oncology clinical trials program at Mediclinic City Hospital Dubai. She also serves as president of the Excellence in Oncology Care summit that is held annually in Dubai and is co-president of the Asia-Pacific Breast Cancer Summit (APBCS) and Asia-Pacific Gastroenterology Cancer Summit (APGCS). She has also recently launched the International BRCA Forum and Young Women’s Forum.

Professor Shailesh V. Shrikhande is a Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgeon from Mumbai, India. He has over two decades of experience with special interest in Pancreatic Cancer surgery. He is the Deputy Director of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai and also the Head of Division Cancer Surgery and Chief of GI and HPB Surgery. He is the President of the Indian Chapter of IHPBA 2019 – 2021 and Scientific Committee Chair of IHPBA 2019-2021.

Dr Zakir is the Chief of Staff and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital and the Vice President of Emirates Society of Colorectal Surgeons He was Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at United Lincolnshire NHS Trust, following higher surgical training and CCT from Newcastle deanery with Fellowships of Royal College of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh. He also served as an Associate colorectal consultant at University of Hong Kong, and as Consultant at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, before moving to UAE. His area of interests are minimally invasive surgery for Colorectal Cancers and IBD , HIPEC and PIPAC. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery at MBRU.