Training and education

MBBS (medical degree) - Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, 1998
MRCP (member of the Royal College of Physicians) - 2002
Postgraduate medical training at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
FRCR (fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists) - 2007
Postgraduate oncology training at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

Experience

Dr Raj is a consultant clinical oncologist who joined the Trust in 2009. He sees patients in Southampton and Winchester.

He is experienced in treating early stage and advanced breast cancer using chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine and biological agents. He is also involved in the development of new treatments like intensity modulated radiotherapy (a very precise form of radiotherapy), image guided radiotherapy and intraoperative radiotherapy (radiotherapy given during surgery).

Dr Raj is interested in the use of genomics (the study of genes and their functions) and predictive testing in early stage breast cancer. He is a postgraduate college tutor for the Royal College of Radiology.

Key achievements

Introducing intensity modulated and image guided radiotherapy at UHS in the IMPORT HIGH clinical trial
Delivered intraoperative radiotherapy as part of the TARGIT trial in Winchester
Set up mortality and morbidity meetings for oncology since 2009

Awards and prizes

Merit in MBBS pharmacology

Research

Dr Raj is a principal investigator on over ten National Cancer Research Institute trials, including the IMPORT HIGH trial, TARGIT and FAST-Forward. He's also principal investigator of trials studying systemic and biological agents, including the PARTNER, ARTemis and SafeHER studies.

Contact

You can contact Dr Raj via his secretary Clare Clark - call 023 8120 8597 or send an email.