Our staff

We are committed to delivering the highest quality of care to all patients diagnosed with cancer and have dedicated teams of highly experienced and qualified staff responsible for delivering the services we provide.

Specialist Management Team

Due to the sheer complexity and diversity of the services that comprise our 'cancer service', a wide-ranging skill set is needed which includes many areas of specific expertise that can only be achieved via a comprehensive, and specialist team of senior staff.

Lead Clinician, Cancer Service
Dr Lindsay Whittam FRCP

Lead Manager, Cancer Services
Michael Willson FinstLM MIHM

Lead for Oncology
Dr Sarah Lowndes MRCP DPhil

Lead for Haematology
Dr Sarah Green FRCP FRCPath

Lead Cancer Nurse
Alison Koster BSc DipN RGN

Service Improvement & Quality
Kath Brown MA

Lead Research Nurse
Helen Winter MSc RGN
 
Lead Chemotherapy Nurse
Lyndel Moore MSc RGN

Oncologists

The Great Western Hospital benefits from a large team of specialist cancer doctors:

Consultant Clinical Oncologists
Dr David Cole    
Dr Claire Blesing 
Dr Amanda Horne
Dr Shiroma deSilva-Minor

Consultant Medical Oncologists   
Dr Sarah Lowndes
Dr Kinnari Patel

Oncology Specialty Doctor
Dr Dorota Marciniak

Haematologists

Unlike 'solid' tumours, the management of cancer of the blood, such as Leukaemia, Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin's Disease, requires the specialist care that only specialist Haematology medical staff can provide.

Consultant Haematologists  
Dr Sarah Green   
Dr Alex Sternberg
Dr Atherton Gray
Dr Norbert Blesing

Oncology/Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialists

The Great Western Hospital has a team of highly-trained and highly-experienced senior cancer nurse specialists. This team of dedicated staff play a key role in supporting patients throughout their entire experience whilst under the care of the hospital.

Last update 11 December 2012