Sarcoma Unit

Consultants and other health professionals at the RNOH have been instrumental in the creation and development of the London Sarcoma Service. The London Sarcoma Service is one of the largest sarcoma services in Europe with an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients with sarcoma. It provides a comprehensive service to patients of all ages from the first consultation, through investigation, to treatment, rehabilitation and follow-up, seeing about 500 new patients with sarcoma each year.

For more information please see the London Sarcoma Service website.

The services offered include:

• Surgical excision of tumours
• Limb salvage (an alternative to amputation - the limb is saved and prosthetics are used to replace the diseased part.)
• Massive replacement - the replacement of the major proportion of the cancer affected limb using custom made prostheses
• Amputation

Referrals can be received from GPs or hospital doctors. For further information on how to refer, please contact the Sarcoma MDT Office on 020 8909 5112 or alternatively, please complete one of the following forms to rno-tr.cancerreferrals@nhs.net:
GP referral form / GP referral form (for GP's out of London) / Sarcoma MDT Proforma.

All referral information has to be received by 3pm on a Wednesday for discussion at that Friday’s MDT. If your case is urgent, please ring us on 020 8909 5111/5600

Consultant secretaries

Mitika Nandha – Secretary to  Dr Dileo
020 3947 0041 / m.nandha@nhs.net

Jane Moody – Secretary to Mr Aston 
020 3947 0041 / jane.moody@nhs.net

Jan Wakeman-Blue - Secretary to Mr Pollock
020 3947 0041 / janblue@nhs.net          

Fiona Hughes - Secretary to M Gikas
020 3947 0041 / fiona.hughes7@nhs.net

Rohma Ansari - Secretary to Mr Gerrand and Mr Bayliss
020 3947 0041 / rohma.ansari1@nhs.net

Veronica White - Secretary to Ms Harvard
020 3947 0041 / veronicawhite@nhs.net

Nurse Consultant

Julie Woodford – Nurse Consultant in Cancer and Supportive Care
020 3947 0458 / julie.woodford@nhs.net 

Mitika Nandha - Secretary to CNS team / Julie Woodford
020 8909 5878 / m.nandha@nhs.net

Clinical Nurse Specialists

Milli Lipshaw - Clinical Nurse Specialist (children and young adults)
020 8909 5679 / Millicent.lipshaw@nhs.net

Jo Coleman – Advanced Nurse Practitioner
020 3947 0458 / joannecoleman@nhs.net

Lucy Denny – Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 3947 0458 / lucy.denny@nhs.net

Cilla Bawah – Associate Nurse Specialist
020 3947 0458 / priscilla.dortey-bawah@nhs.net

Louise Gillings – Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 3947 0458 / louise.gillings@nhs.net

Andrea McCarthy – Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 3947 0458 / andrea.mccarthy1@nhs.net

Nicki Willis – Clinical Nurse Specialist
020 3947 0458 / nicolawillis@nhs.net

Therapies

Abby McCarthy, Physiotherapy Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Oncology (Limb Salvage) / Therapy Team Lead Orthopaedic Oncology Service.    
Kate Scanlan, Senior Occupational Therapist in Orthopaedic Oncology  (Limb Salvage), 
Email: rnoh.ortho-oncologytherapyteam@nhs.net   
020 8909 5830

Jennifer Fulton, Physiotherapy Clinical Specialist in Amputee Rehabilitation/ Therapy Team Lead Amputee Rehabilitation Service.
Edwina Hudspeth Stevenson, Senior Occupational Therapist in Amputee Rehabilitation.
Email: rno-tr.AmputeeTherapies@nhs.net   
020 8909 5505

Sarcoma

• Mr Will Aston - Surgical treatment of arthritis, including cartilage transplantation, arthroscopic knee surgery, knee and hip replacement surgery, complex hip and...
• Mr Lee Bayliss 
• Mr Craig Gerrand - Bone and soft tissue tumour surgery, bone and soft tissue sarcoma, metastatic bone disease
• Mr Panagiotis Gikas - Primary hip and knee joint replacements including anterior approach hip replacement. Revision hip and knee Joint replacements Complex hip and...
• Ms Hel Havard
• Mr Rob Pollock - Bone tumours, soft tissue sarcoma, primary and revision hip and knee and cartilage transplantation.
• Miss Kate Spacey (locum) - Metastatic bone disease and revision hip arthroplasty, surgical education