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Prof James Spicer is Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine  at King's College London and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology at GSTT. Professor Spicer runs the phase 1 trials programme at King’s Health Partners and leads the King’s Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre. His research focuses on the development of new cancer drugs and the care of patients with lung cancer with a special focus on novel immunotherapies. In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Oncology
• Research
• Advice for medical students and young doctors

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Prof Keyoumars Ashkan is Professor of Neurosurgery at King's College Hospital in London. He has a special interest in functional neurosurgery, image guided surgery, and surgery for brain and spinal tumours. He holds many senior roles including President of the British Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Lead for Genomics England Programme for brain tumours. He was also voted as a clinician of the year by the Brain Tumour Charity in 2018. In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Neurosurgery (3:47)
• Research (24:19)
• His advice to medical students and young doctors

Article Prof Ashkan mentioned about why he picked neurosurgery - BMJ article "Nothing is Impossible" - https://www.bmj.com/content/333/7561/s46 

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Prof Lucy Chappell is NIHR Research Professor in Obstetrics at King's College London and Honorary Consultant Obstetrician at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. In 2019 she was responsible for the development of a new diagnostic test for pre-eclampsia which is now part of routine clinical practice. Prof Chappell was also recently appointed as a new Government Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) where she will be responsible for the delivery of £1.3 billion research budget. In this episode we asked her about:

• Her career
• Research
• Her new role as Government CSA
• Advice for medical students and junior doctors

Prof John Moxham is a recently retired Professor of Respiratory Medicine at King's College London. He has had a distinguished career in research and last year was awarded a prestigious British Thoracic Society medal for his contributions to respiratory physiology. He is also a highly influential medical leader and is internationally renowned for his work in Value-Based Healthcare at King's Health Partners. Throughout his career he campaigned tirelessly for stricter tobacco control and has been influential on national policy. We encourage our listeners to read about Prof Moxham's "Vital 5". In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Research (7:40)
• Value-based healthcare (19:38)
• Health inequality and Vital 5 (29:00)
• Leadership (46:49)
• Advice for medical students and doctors

"Being John Moxham" https://www.kingshealthpartners.org/latest/2376-being-john-moxham-part-one

Vital 5: https://www.kingshealthpartners.org/latest/1954-the-vital-5

Prof John O'Grady is a recently retired Professor of Hepatology at King's College Hospital in London. He is internationally renowned within hepatology and his research has shaped how we treat patients with liver disease. Prof O'Grady was responsible for developing the King's College Hospital Criteria for acute liver failure and he was involved in seminal trials of immunosuppresion for liver transplantation. He also has a h-index of 85! In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Research
• Liver disease
• Advice for students and doctors

Prof Tim Lancaster is a Dean of Medical Education at GKT School of Medical Education. Prior to joining King's, Professor Lancaster was Director of Clinical Studies at the University of Oxford for 15 years, and Professor of Primary Care. Professor Lancaster has an extensive research portfolio in smoking cessation. In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Medical Education
• Leadership
• Advice for medical students and doctors 

Prof Tim Lancaster is a Dean of Medical Education at GKT School of Medical Education. Prior to joining King's, Professor Lancaster was Director of Clinical Studies at the University of Oxford for 15 years, and Professor of Primary Care. Professor Lancaster has an extensive research portfolio in smoking cessation. In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Medical Education
• Leadership
• Advice for medical students and doctors 

Prof Bijan Modarai is a Professor of Vascular Surgery and British Heart Foundation senior research fellow at King's College London. Prof Modarai's research focuses on angiogenic cell therapies and novel imaging techniques. He also co-manages the largest UK practice in complex endovascular aortic repairs. In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Research
• Vascular surgery
• Advice for medical students and doctors 

Dr Sam Thenabadu is a consultant adult & paediatric emergency physician and Deputy Dean of King's College London medical school. Dr Thenabadu has extensive experience in medical education and has published over 12 textbooks. He is also a RCEM examiner and the lead crowd doctor at the Olympic stadium. In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Emergency medicine
• Medical education
• Advice to medical students and doctors 

Book recomended by Dr Thenabadu - The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43708884-the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse

Mr Ben Challacombe is a consultant urologist and assistant professor at Guy's Hospital in London. He is an expert in robotic surgery and runs an international robotic fellowship programme. He was also involved in the first televised robotic partial nephrectomy in the UK. In this episode we ask him about:

• His career
• Robotics
• Experience of operating on Stephen Fry
• Advice to medical students and doctors who are interested in surgery

Nature paper by Ben Challacombe & Stephen Fry: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41585-019-0153-y