Dr Maurice Slevin MD FRCP

Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist
Barts and The London NHS Trust

Dr Maurice Slevin graduated from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and subsequently worked for four years at the world-famous Groote Schuur Hospital before coming to the UK, practicing for almost 30 years at London's St Bartholomew's Hospital.

One of the four founder partners of The London Oncology Clinic, Dr Slevin played a leading role in developing the systems and software at LOC which underpin the state-of-the-art treatments offered by the clinic.

He has been either the Chair or member of nine medical research committees, including the Medical Research Council "Cell Board", has sat on five editorial boards, and is the author or co-author of almost 200 papers in medical journals. He has authored two books, edited three others and has contributed 17 chapters in medical textbooks. In 2003 he produced a pamphlet "Resuscitating the NHS" for the Centre For Policy Studies. He is a founder member of "Doctors for Reform", a group of consultants working to improve the NHS.

In 1985 he joined Vicky Clement Jones in setting up CancerBACUP, the UKs leading charity providing cancer information and support to patients and their families, and representing the interests of cancer patients. He was chairman and trustee of Cancerbackup from 1987 to 2008. He was a trustee of the Cancer Research Campaign for 5 years. In May 2008 he became a trustee of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Specialist Expertise:

Breast Cancer
Gastrointestinal Cancer(Oesophagus, Stomach, Pancreas, Colon)
Prostate Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Lung Cancer

Contact Details:

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