Carys Thomas
Job title
Consultant Clinical Oncologist
Service
Oncology (cancer)
Special interests and treatments
Treatment of breast, prostate, bladder and kidney cancer
About
Dr Carys Thomas trained at Jesus College, Cambridge and University College London, qualifying in 1998.
After general medical experience in London, she started her specialist oncology registrar posts training at University College Hospital, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Royal Surrey Hospital and Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital.
After obtaining fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists in 2005, she was awarded a clinical research fellowship in radiation oncology at the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, Canada. There she specialised in prostate brachytherapy and researching in breast cancer.
Dr Thomas has been a consultant in east Kent since 2007. Her main clinical interests are the management of breast and urological (prostate, bladder and kidney) cancers.
She has an interest in radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapies, and has extensive experience in highly technical radiotherapy, including intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and image guided radiotherapy (IGRT).
Nationally she sits on the executive committee of the British Uro-oncology Group providing educational guidance on urological cancers.
She is keen on education and has been Royal College Tutor for oncology as well as Associate Professor at St George’s Medical School, Granada.
Secretary contact details
01227 866469
Record last modified