Asif Chaudry

Overview
Dr Mohammed Asif Chaudry: 'Asif Chaudry' (born 1974, London) is a surgical oncologist active in the treatment and research of gastrointestinal malignancy. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford where he was awarded a scholarship for distinguished academic performance and gained MA, BM BCh degrees from Oxford University with distinction. His subsequent postgraduate training was in Oxford and London at renowned centres such as St Mark's hospital, Harefield and the Royal Free hospital & University College London gaining membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He pursued his doctoral research under the supervision of Prof Marc Winslet at UCL. He has published widely in the field of neoplasia, particularly looking at the interaction of the pan-epithelial differentiation antigen EpCam, its involvement in tumour establishment and metastasis as well as its potential as a target for immunotherapy. He is the author of the Oxford handbook of Surgical Oncology (Oxford University Press) and numerous chapters including EpCam, in the Encyclopedia of Cancer (Springer)