Doctor Ioanna Nixon
Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Center, Lead for the Scottish Sarcoma Network and Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK
United Kingdom
Areas of expertise
- Head and Neck Cancers
- Sarcomas
- Orthopedic Oncology
- Targeted Therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Radiotherapy
- Cancer Nutrition
- GIST tumours
About the expert
Doctor Ioanna Nixon is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Center, Lead for the Scottish Sarcoma Network and Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK. She holds a PhD in Radiotherapy, Masters degree in public health (MPH) and recently graduated from the Scottish Quality and Safety (SQS) Fellowship. She is a reviewer in the British Journal of Cancer and Stralentherapie (Radiotherapy), British Medical Journal (BMJ) case reports.
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Professor Ioanna Nixon is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Center, Clinical Director Oncology Services and former Lead for the Scottish Sarcoma Network. She is also a Professor at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.
She cares for people with Head and Neck Cancers and Sarcomas. She is devoted to offering patients the best personalised and person-centred treatment to ensure best outcomes and quality of life.
She holds a PhD in Radiotherapy since 2013, Masters degree in public health (MPH) in 2015 and recently graduated from the Scottish Quality and Safety (SQS) Fellowship. She has a leading role in research as the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Chair for Head and Neck epidemiology and survivorship subgroup. She is a member of the New Drugs Committee and also board member of the British Sarcoma Group and Cancer Throat Foundation Trust.
Professor Nixon has been awarded for her contribution in patient care with a Faculty of Management and Leadership (FMLM) Fellowship. She lectures on compassion and resilience and facilitates compassion and resilience workshops for patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
Professor Nixon's team is finalist for the National British Medical Journal (BMJ) awards under cancer team 2020 and Healthcare Services Laboratories (HSL) Partnership Awards 2021.
She is as well, Reviewer for grant applications on head and neck cancers through the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) and Mentor at the Scottish improvement Leader Program. She has been chosen as the President for the British Sarcoma Group Conference of 2020.
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Expert Member
2019 - TodayThe Service Advisory Group (SAG) for Sarcomas, UK
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Professor
2018 - TodayStrathclyde University, Glasgow, UK
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Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
2018 - TodayGlasgow University, Glasgow, UK
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UK Chair of Head and Neck, Centre of Statistics and Genetics (CSG) Epidemiology & Survivorship subgroup
2018 - TodayNational Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), London, UK
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Member of Board of Trustees
2018 - TodayBritish Sarcoma Group (BSG), UK
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Clinical Lead and protocol co-author
2018 - TodayCancer Research UK Accelerator Sarcoma Award, UK
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Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Head and Neck/ Sarcoma
2017 - TodayThe Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Center, Glasgow, UK
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Clinical Lead for Sarcomas
2016 - TodayThe Scottish Sarcoma Network (SSN), Scotland, UK
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Clinical Lead
2015 - TodayThe National Sarcoma Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT)
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Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
2016 - 2018Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK
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Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Head and Neck/ Sarcoma
2013 - 2017The Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Senior Research Fellow
2011 - 2013Neuro-oncology Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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Honorary Clinical Fellow
2008 - 2009Radiotherapy Department, Muenster, Germany
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Scottish Quality Improvement and Safety Fellowship (SQSF)
2019
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Masters of Public Health (MPH)
University of Liverpool, UK
20152015
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Certificate of Completion of Training as specialist in Clinical Oncology
2010
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Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Hellenic Republic University of Loannina, School of Medicine, Greece
2005
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The New Drugs Committee (NDC) (2019)
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Member of the GOLF examiner committee (Global online Fellowship) in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, International Federation of Head and Neck Societies (2016)
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Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Studies Group (NCRI) (2015)
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), Head and Neck Group
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European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO)
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International Association for Medical Education (AMEE)
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Scottish Sarcoma Network (Clinical Lead)
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British Sarcoma Group (BSG), Advisory Board Member
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British Journal of Cancer, Stralentherapie (Radiation Therapy), BMJ case reports
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Hellenic Society Head and Neck Oncology (HESHNO)
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European Head and Neck Society (EHNO)
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The General Medical Council (GMC) (2010)
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