Kazumi Chia
Consultant clinical oncologist
Biography
Kazumi Chia is a consultant clinical oncologist specialising in the treatment of central nervous system tumours. She has been a consultant in neuro-oncology at Guy's and St Thomas' since 2021.
She studied medicine at GKT School of Medical Education. After her general medical training in London she trained in clinical oncology at The Royal Marsden and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trusts.
She was awarded a Cancer Research UK clinical training fellowship in 2008 and completed a PhD at the school of biomedical engineering and imaging sciences, King's College London. Her research centred on the development of new PET biomarkers to detect tumour hypoxia, a major cause of radiotherapy treatment failure.
She gained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) in 2018, and completed specialist training in 2020.
Research interests
- Tumour hypoxia
- Radiation resistance
Contact
Secretary: Carol Thompson
Secretary phone: 020 7188 1447
Referral email: [email protected]
Enquiries email: [email protected]
Specialist interests
- Primary and secondary central nervous system tumours
- Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for central nervous system tumours
- Stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery for brain tumours
Last updated: June 2022