Alvin Lee
Consultant medical oncologist
Biography
Alvin Lee is a consultant medical oncologist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, specialising in skin cancers (melanoma). He joined the Trust as a consultant in 2024 and is the skin cancer clinical research lead.
Alongside his clinical work, Alvin is a medical advisor at the Cancer Research UK Centre for Drug Development, helping to develop new cancer therapies.
Alvin completed his oncology training through the University College London rotations and gained research experience in Cambridge, Oxford and London, helping to develop new treatments for patients. He also undertook a clinical postdoctoral fellowship at the Francis Crick Institute.
Education and training
- Medical oncology training as NIHR clinical lecturer, University College London
- Medical training in Oxford, including research as part of Academic Foundation Programme, University of Oxford
- ESMO examination certificate in medical oncology
- Specialty certificate examination (SCE) in medical oncology MRCP (UK)
- Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK, MRCP (UK)
- Bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery (MB BS), University College London
- PhD (MB PhD), University College London
- MA natural sciences/medical sciences, University of Cambridge
- PGCert leading clinical research delivery, University of Exeter
- PGCert oncology, Newcastle University
- PGCert medical education, University of Dundee
- PGCert genomic medicine, Imperial College
Research interests
- Clinical trials
- Drug development
Awards
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin)
- Fellow qua Physician of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCP Glasg)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Innovative Protocol Award, EORTC-ESMO-AACR Workshop on Methods in Clinical Cancer Research (MCCR)
- International Poster Award, Korean Cancer Association
- Cordwainers’ Prize for best thesis, UCL MB PhD Programme
Last updated: August 2026