Professor Christina Fotopoulou Consultant gynaecological oncologist

Background

Professor Christina Fotopoulou holds the chair of gynaecological cancer surgery in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. She is also the deputy director of the Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre at Imperial College. She still has a honorary chair in the gynaecology department at the Charite’ University of Berlin, where she trained and then later took the role of vice director.

Her surgical and scientific expertise focuses on the management of patients with advanced and relapsed ovarian cancer, profiling of tumour heterogeneity and integration of tumour biology factors with surgical effort under the umbrella of individualisation of surgical care.

 

She has served as elected member of the European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (ESGO) Council and was the chair of the guidelines committees of the British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS) and of ESGO. She has been recently elected to serve on the board of directors for the International Gynaecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) representing Europe. She is a currently a member of the German AGO Ovarian Cancer Steering Group and is also the surgical oncology chair of the British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS) research group.

 

She sits on the editorial board and is a reviewer of numerous international gynaecological and oncological journals and is a member of various international oncological committees, including BGCS, ASCO, ESGO, IGCS, ESMO, ENGOT, AGO, SGO and NOGGO.

 

Expertise

Surgery for gynaecological cancer (ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, vulva cancer), premalignant gynaecological diseases (e.g.CIN), relapsed gynaecological cancer for surgical and holistic treatment, complex benign gynaecological tumours, vaginal reconstructions

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