I have been a consultant since 1998 initially in Glasgow and since 2001 in Edinburgh. I qualified from St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1987 and trained in General Medicine in Southampton. I commenced Oncology training in Edinburgh in 1991 completing this in Newcastle and Glasgow. In my NHS practice I am a senior member of the Edinburgh Breast Unit providing radiotherapy and chemotherapy to patients in NHS Lothian. I am currently Medical Director of Teaching and Training at the Royal College of Radiologists leading education of clinical oncology trainees throughout the UK.