LOCATION
Botnar Research Centre, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LD
Research groups
Awards
- 2015 Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England
- 2014 Ronald Raven Prize, British Association of Surgical Oncology, Anninga B & Douek M.
- 2004 Distinguished Teacher Award, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London
- 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London
- 2003 Clinician Scientist Research Fellowship (Academy of Medical Sciences): awarded full funding for three years at senior lecturer / consultant level
- 2002 Moynihan Travelling Fellowship for 2003
Michael Douek
The Rosetrees Royal College of Surgeons of England Director of SITU
- Professor of Surgical Sciences & Breast Cancer
- Honorary Consultant
Professor Michael Douek joined the University of Oxford in March 2019 as The Rosetrees Royal College of Surgeons of England Director of the Surgical Interventional Trials Unit (SITU), within the Nuffield Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgical Sciences & Breast Cancer and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
He is also Visiting Professor of Surgical Oncology at King’s College London and Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Hong Kong. He is an oncoplastic breast surgeon and his research focuses on developing and evaluating novel techniques for cancer surgery, including a novel magnetic technique for sentinel node biopsy and lesion localization, which he developed. In 2015, he was awarded a prestigious Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and in 2019 he was appointed as one of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Research Professors.
Michael is Vice President (and President elect) of the British Association of Surgical Oncology (BASO), a Member of Council of Breast Surgery International (BSI) and a committee member of the British Breast Group. He is also an examiner for the European Board of Surgery examinations.
Recent publications
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Breast MRI in patients after breast conserving surgery with sentinel node procedure using a superparamagnetic tracer.
Journal article
Christenhusz A. et al, (2022), Eur Radiol Exp, 6
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Radiofrequency Ablation of Solid, Non-Functional Thyroid Nodules
Journal article
Douek M., (2022), Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology
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Optimization of SPIO Injection for Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in a Rat Model.
Journal article
Peek MCL. et al, (2021), Cancers (Basel), 13
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Preservation of the intercostobrachial nerve during axillary node clearance for breast cancer
Journal article
Ahmed M. et al, (2021), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021
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New clinical and biological insights from the international TARGIT-A randomised trial of targeted intraoperative radiotherapy during lumpectomy for breast cancer.
Journal article
Vaidya JS. et al, (2021), Br J Cancer