ProfessorGina Brown

Chair in Gastrointestinal Radiology

Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine

  • Chair in Gastrointestinal Radiology
    Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine
  • 0 20 7594 1388 (Work)
  • Imperial College, Surgery and Cancer, B1/2, Block B Hammersmith Hospital, Hammersmith Campus, W12 0HS, United Kingdom

RESEARCH

Preoperative imaging biomarkers in colon and rectal cancers
Imaging in preoperative surgical and radiotherapy planning
Anatomic classification of pelvic compartments for exenterative surgery
Staging and detection of early rectal cancers suitable for organ preservation by local excision methods
Imaging and pathologic assessment of nodes and vascular invasion
Post treatment rectal cancer evaluation to select patients for deferral of surgery

Research team
GI Imaging Research and Education Programmes Manager:
Caroline Martin: c.martin1@imperial.ac.uk

GI Clinical Trials Manager:
Syvella Ellis: syvella.ellis@imperial.ac.uk

PhD/MD Research Fellows
Jess Tan
Zena Rokan
Jemma Bhoday
Annabel Shaw
Rachel Carten
Nicola Hodges
Michelle Fong
Harpreet Sekhon
Georgette Camilleri
Nikhil Lal

Research Degrees Primary Supervisor
Sarah Burton MD
Mu Koh MD
Neil Smith MD
Manish Chand PhD
Oliver Shihab MD
Gisella Salerno MD
Peter How MD
Angela Riddell MD
Chris Hunter MD
Shwetal Dighe MD
Rafay Siddiqui PhD
Nigel Day MD
Stanley Yu MD
Amy Lord PhD
Panagiotis Georgiou MD
Alistair Slesser MD
Nigel DSouza PhD
Anita Wale PhD
Uday Patel MD
Fiona Taylor MD

GRANTS

  • STANDARD - CALL
    The PICCOS Trial: A randomised controlled phase II trial in Colorectal, Ovarian and Stomach cancers to define the efficacy of Pressurised IntraPeritoneal Aerosolised Chemotherapy (PIPAC) in the management of peritoneal metastases.
    National Institute for Health Research1 Nov 2022 - 31 Oct 2026
    NIHR: The PICCOS Trial: A randomised controlled phase II trial in Colorectal, Ovarian and Stomach cancers to define the efficacy of Pressurised IntraPeritoneal Aerosolised Chemotherapy (PIPAC) in the management of peritoneal metastases. (2022-2026)