Dr Cheng Boon

Dr Cheng Boon

Consultant Clinical Oncologist · MBChB, MRCP, FRCR

GMC number 6147331 · Check the register

Dr Cheng Boon is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at Raigmore Hospital, NHS Highland, and has been on the GMC Specialist Register for clinical oncology since 2015. He qualified in medicine at the University of Manchester in 2006, became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 2010, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists in 2015 after training on the West Midlands clinical oncology programme.

He treats uro-oncology cancers (prostate and bladder) and upper gastrointestinal cancers (oesophagus and stomach) with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapies. He has previously held NHS consultant posts at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, and has trained in proton beam therapy at the University of Pennsylvania.

He is UK Medical Director of OncoDNA, a cancer genomics company, and a Clinical Radiation Expert for the Health Research Authority. He has published on radiotherapy, cancer genomics and artificial intelligence in oncology. At Goodbody Clinic he advises on our cancer screening and cancer risk tests.

Education and qualifications

  • MB ChB, University of Manchester (2006)
  • MRCP, Royal College of Physicians (2010)
  • FRCR in Clinical Oncology, Royal College of Radiologists (2015)
  • Proton beam therapy training, University of Pennsylvania (2018)
  • Royal College of Radiologists Cyclotron Trust Visiting Fellowship (2017)

Experience

  • Consultant Clinical Oncologist, NHS Highland (Raigmore Hospital, Inverness)
  • UK Medical Director, OncoDNA, a cancer genomics company (from 2021)
  • Clinical Radiation Expert, Health Research Authority (from 2016)
  • Consultant Oncologist, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (from 2021)
  • Consultant Oncologist, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (from 2019)
  • Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (from 2015)

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists
  • Member of the Royal College of Physicians

Selected publications

Areas of expertise

  • Prostate and bladder cancers
  • Oesophageal and stomach cancers
  • Radiotherapy
  • Cancer genomics

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