Dr Sheela Rao
Biography
Dr Sheela Rao is a Consultant Medical Oncologist specialising in the treatment of upper gastrointestinal (stomach and oesophagus) and hepatobiliary (pancreas, bile duct and liver) malignancies, and colorectal (bowel) and neuroendocrine cancers.
Dr Rao completed medical training at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, general medical training in London and specialist oncology training at The Royal Marsden.
She undertook laboratory-based research at The Institute of Cancer Research examining the prognostic and predictive value of genomic profiling of tumour biopsies in oesophago-gastric cancer. This work was supported by an academic grant and Dr Rao was awarded an MD in 2008.
Dr Rao is an active contributor to international research through peer review journals and conferences.
Her main interests include the identification of new treatments for patients with gastrointestinal cancer and how to individualise patient treatment based on molecular biomarkers.
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