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Dr Alison Cameron
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Dr Alison Cameron trained in Bristol in the 1990s. Her clinical
oncology training was both in South Wales and Bristol and she has
worked as a consultant in Bristol since 2007. She specializes in
neuro-oncology and cancer in children and young adults. Within
neuro-oncology she sub-specialises in the treatment of those with
skull base tumours (e.g. acoustic neuroma, meningioma and pituitary
tumours) and with brain tumours that particularly affect those less
than 24 years of age. She has extensive experience treating
patients with stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy in Bristol
since 2007. Member of the NICE guidance committee for adult brain
tumours.
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Dr Chris Herbert
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Dr Chris Herbert qualified in medicine at Birmingham University
in 2000. He trained in Clinical Oncology in Bristol and completed
his oncology training as a clinical research fellow at the British
Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, Canada, where he specialised
in stereotactic radiosurgery and the treatment of benign and
malignant adult brain tumours. Appointed as consultant clinical
oncologist in Bristol in 2011, he has an interest in technical
radiotherapy, specialising in the treatment of adult brain tumours,
including stereotactic radiosurgery, skin tumours and urological
cancers. He has published work on stereotactic radiosurgery in
international, peer reviewed journals.
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Dr Tim Spencer
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Dr Tim Spencer is a consultant clinical oncologist at University
Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. He specialises
in neuro-oncology, sarcoma, and the treatment of cancer in
children. He graduated in medicine at Imperial College London in
2010 (including an intercalated Bachelor of Science degree) and his
clinical oncology training was based in Bristol. As a member of the
Bristol Gamma Knife team, he primarily treats tumours of the skull
base such as meningiomas, acoustic neuromas and pituitary
tumour.
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Dr Marcus Bradley
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Dr Marcus Bradley has been a consultant neuroradiologist at
North Bristol NHS Trust since 2008 and works closely with the
Bristol Gamma Knife team. He is a core member of the weekly
neuro-oncology multidisciplinary team meeting and also supports the
skull-base, pituitary and meningioma multidisciplinary team
meetings which together provide the majority of the referrals to
the Bristol Gamma Knife. He is also an interventional
neuroradiologist, principally investigating and treating patients
with cerebrovascular disorders including aneurysms, arteriovenous
malformations and stroke, and supports a number of research trials
in neuro-oncology and neurovascular disease.
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Mr Nik Patel
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Mr Nikunj (Nik) Patel was appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon and
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Frenchay Hospital (University
of Bristol) in 2005, with specialist interest in functional and
stereotactic neurosurgery. His additional subspecialist interests
include surgery for trigeminal neuralgia and other cranial nerve
hyperactive syndromes, spinal surgery and neuromodulation for
chronic pain syndromes.
He has been recognised for functional neurosurgical excellence
with an MRC fellowship, awards from both the American and the
European Associations of Neurological Surgeons, and a Hunterian
Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Examples of his advancements in surgical techniques used for
functional neurosurgery include direct brain neurotrophic factor
delivery; deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode implantation under
general anaesthesia; and evaluation and optimisation of brain
targets for Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, intractable
hypertension and treatment-resistant depression.
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Lucy Winch
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Lucy graduated from the University of Birmingham with an Honours
degree in Physics (1997) and Masters in Radiation and Medical
Physics (1998). Lucy then completed the NHS training scheme for
Healthcare Scientists (2000) and became a registered Clinical
Scientist with the Health Professions Council in 2005. She has
worked in radiotherapy physics since 2000, is now head of the
dosimetry section, and has eight years' experience in external
beam stereotactic radiotherapy.
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Tania McGreene
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Tania qualified as a therapy radiographer from Southampton
University in 1994 and has worked in numerous departments in the UK
and overseas. She first became involved in stereotactic
radiosurgery in 2000 when working at Sir Charles Gairdener Hospital
in Perth, Australia. On her return to the UK she joined
the Bristol stereotactic team in 2002 and has continued to
specialise in this field, becoming lead radiographer for
Stereotactic Radiosurgery in 2004. In 2013, she completed her MSc
in Oncology Practice, with a dissertation evaluating side effects
of vestibular schwannomas.
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Lynn Dawson
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Lynn has over 10 years' experience as an administrator within
the University Hospitals Bristol and also within North Somerset
Primary Care Trust, and has previously worked at other hospitals up
and down the country and also at Leeds University. Many of her
roles have been patient and research based and she has good
grounding in all types of information and communication
systems.
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Mr Greg Fellows
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Mr Greg Fellows is a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon and
Gamma Knife Radiosurgeon practicing at The Bristol Royal Hospital
for Children and Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
respectively. Mr Fellows graduated from King's College London in
1999 with honours in medicine and a 1st Class, MRC supported,
physiology degree. He undertook his neurosurgical training at
King's College Hospital and the Atkinson Morley Hospital in
London. As part of his training he was funded by the European
Union and was awarded an MD for his research into the molecular
biology of brain tumours. His training was completed by a
specialist paediatric neurosurgical fellowship at Alder Hey
Children's Hospital, Liverpool. Mr Fellows subspecialist interest
is neurooncology. Mr Fellows is part of the Gamma Knife
Radiosurgery service in Bristol having been initially trained in
Bristol & Marseille before being awarded the prestigious
Leksell fellowship and completing his formal Gamma Knife
training under the tutelage of Prof L Dade Lunsford at the
University Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, USA.
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Gail Witcombe
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Gail has worked for the NHS in various administration-based
roles for over 20 years. Hospital sites include The Bristol Royal
Infirmary, The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, The Bristol
Heart Institute and The Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre.
Many of her roles have been based in clinical areas and she is
experienced with working within multi-disciplinary teams.
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