Professor Christina Fotopoulou
Gynaecology
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Qualifications
Ph.D, MD
Special Interests
Gynaecological cancer, Ovarian cancer, Gynaecological oncology
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Professional Biography
Professor Christina Fotopoulou is a Consultant Gynaecologist at King Edward VII's Hospital. She trained in obstetrics and gynaecology and subspecialized in gynaecological oncology at the Charité University Hospital of Berlin, in the surgical and systemic treatment of gynaecological cancer. {{ label }}
She is a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at Imperial College London Hammersmith Hospital (since 2013), and is a principal investigator of the Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, UK. She also holds a chair at the Charité University of Berlin.
She was also the Vice Director of the Clinic for Gynaecology at the Charité – one of the largest reference and accredited centres for gynaecological cancer in Europe – as well the Principal Coordinator of the European Competence Center for Ovarian Cancer.
Her principal area of expertise lies in exenterative procedures for advanced forms of pelvic malignancies, in the cytoreductive procedures for primary or relapsed ovarian cancer and the investigation of predictive and prognostic biomarkers of surgical and clinical outcome. Her further area of focus is bioengineering and implementation of novel bioengineering methods in cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer.
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Memberships
I am lead of the guidelines group of the British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS), elected member of the European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (ESGO) council and member of the German AGO – Ovarian Cancer Steering and Guidelines Group.
I am also a member of various other international oncological committees, including ASCO, IGCS, ESMO, ENGOT, SGO and NOGGO.
Publications
I am on the editorial board and reviewer of numerous international gynaecological and oncological journals.
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