Miss Joanna Franks
Breast Health
Profile Summary
Qualifications
MBBS(Hons) BSc(Hons) MSc FRCS
Special Interests
Risk reducing breast surgery, Breast screening, Oncoplastic breast surgery, Detection of breast cancer, Oncoplastic breast conservation, Neo-adjuvant strategies, Mastectomy with immediate reconstruction, Breast surgery
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Professional Biography
Miss Franks qualified from Imperial College with honours. She took a year out to complete research, funded by the Medical Research Council, which resulted in a first class BSc in pathology with basic medical science. During her Higher Surgical Training she had a National Training Number with the London Deanery and spent the latter part of her training in the Oncoplastic Breast Unit and Macmillan Cancer Centre at UCLH. {{ label }}
As a member of the breast team at UCLH she regularly sees and treats patients who present to the symptomatic clinic as well as those who have been recalled through the NHS breast screening programme or come from a high-risk family background.
Miss Franks has an interest in assessment and training and completed an MSc in Medical Education. She standard-sets for University College London and the Royal Free Hospital Medical School and is a regular examiner. In addition she works with the General Medical Council item-writing and standard-setting as part of Fitness to Practice and is one of their Medical Assessors.
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