Our consultants
Meet some of the team working here at the Cancer Centre.
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Dr Charlie Hall
Palliative Medicine Consultant
Dr Hall is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre since Feb 2023.
He studied Biomedical Science at Kings College, London, graduating in 2003 before studying Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated in 2008. As a junior doctor, he sat on the Scottish Government National Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) policy working group and has enjoyed mixing clinical with academic work throughout his career. Dr Hall has published papers on DNACPR policies and conversations, QI work on improving access to patient Key Information Summaries (KIS) at the front door. Latterly, he completed an MD and published papers on rehabilitative Palliative Medicine with the University of Edinburgh and St Columba’s Hospice, running a randomised control trial of an exercise and nutritional rehabilitation programme for people with advanced cancer. His role within the Hospital Palliative Care Team includes provision of support at the ‘front door’, supporting the acute medical teams with early intervention Palliative Medicine. He believes that incorporating a person’s goals into their care plan is vital for person-centred care.
Dr Lucy Wall
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Dr Wall completed her medical training in Oxford and then in London. She subsequently worked as a research fellow for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund where she did her thesis looking at hormonal pathways in ovarian cancer. She completed her clinical oncology training in Edinburgh and has worked as a Consultant Medical Oncologist since 2002, covering upper GI cancers, GISTs and endocrine tumours.
Dr Melanie Mackean
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Dr Mackean has been a consultant in medical oncology at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre since 1998 and is also an honorary senior lecturer at Edinburgh University, with a special interest in lung cancer. Her interest in lung cancer started as a medical student with a pathology project. She initially was a respiratory registrar but then trained in oncology at the Beaston in Glasgow. Her MD thesis was in cisplatin chemotherapy resistance. She is an active clinical investigator leading locally on over 25 clinical trials in lung cancer. She is currently chair for the Southeast Scotland Cancer Network lung cancer group. She is an expert advisor to the Scottish Government on the Less Survival Cancers Group and the Cancer Screening Committee (SEAG). She is an expert advisor to the Roy Castle Foundation charity and a member of the UK Clinical Expert Group for Lung cancer and Mesothelioma. Dr Mackean Mb ChB (hons), MD, MSc, FRCP.
Dr Lesley Dawson
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Dr Alan Christie
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Dr Christie graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2005, then trained in Aberdeen, New Zealand, Glasgow and Edinburgh, completing his medical oncology training in 2015. He was appointed as a consultant in the Edinburgh Cancer Centre in October 2015, specialising in the treatment of cancers of the pancreas, liver, bile ducts and upper GI tract. He is actively involved in running clinical trials for pancreatic, liver and biliary cancer, and is a clinical supervisor for specialty training doctors at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre.
Dr Angela Bentley
Palliative Medicine Consultant
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