Dr Robert Marcus Guest Speaker
On the 6th March 2010 at St. Peter's Church, Black Lion Lane, Hammersmith, London W6, the 'Concert in the Square' musical evening will have the pleasure of one or two guest speakers, one of whom will be the eminent Dr Robert Marcus. He will explain the latest research developments in the field of oncology in order to help the understanding of what goes on behind the scenes and to bring clarity to the work that he and others do, to help advance and to bring a closer understanding in fighting this form of cancer.
Dr Robert Marcus MB BS FRCP FRCPath, is Consultant Haematologist at Kings College Hospital London, UK. He qualified in medicine and pursued postgraduate studies in haematology at University College Hospital in London, subsequently becoming a Research Fellow at the MRC Leukaemia Unit at the Hammersmith Hospital, London. He then completed his training in haematology at the Royal Free Hospital in London and was appointed Consultant Haematologist at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge in 1987. He participated in the first clinical studies in monoclonal antibody therapy for lymphoma with the “CAMPATH” series of antibodies. He subsequently developed a particular interest in the development of novel therapies for lymphoma and has been chief investigator in a large number of practice changing phase 2 and 3 studies of chemotherapy and immunotherapy in lymphoma. He established stem cell transplantation in Cambridge and was, until recently, lead cancer clinician for Addenbrookes Hospital. He has published many papers and reviews on lymphoma and related topics in peer-reviewed journals and is the senior editor and contributor to the textbook, “Lymphoma – pathology, diagnosis and treatment,” published by Cambridge University Press in 2007. He is currently Chairman of the NCRI low-grade lymphoma subgroup. He relocated to a position as Consultant Haematologist at Kings College Hospital in February 2008 where he has developed a further subspeciality interest in post transplant, HIV and cerebral lymphomas. He is now Kings lead cancer clinician and chair of the KCH chemotherapy committee.
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