- Asif Chaudry
Dr Mohammed Asif Chaudry (born 1974, London) is a British surgical oncologist in training with an interest in gastrointestinal cancer.
He was educated at
Wadham College, Oxford where he was awarded a scholarship and gained MA, BM BCh degrees fromOxford University with distinction. His subsequent postgraduate training was in Oxford and London atSt. Mark's Hospital , Harefield, theRoyal Free Hospital andUniversity College London , gaining membership of theRoyal College of Surgeons of England .Fact|date=April 2008His principal research interest is the pan-epithelial differentiation antigen
EpCAM , its involvement in tumour establishment and metastasis as well as its potential as a target forimmunotherapy . [ [http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v96/n7/abs/6603505a.html EpCAM an immunotherapeutic target for gastrointestinal malignancy: current experience and future challenges ] ]He is the editor of the "Oxford handbook of Surgical Oncology" (
Oxford University Press ) and author of numerous chapters including EpCAM, in the "Encyclopedia of Cancer" (Springer).Fact|date=April 2008He was recently invited to chair of the cancer drug development session at the International Drug Discovery Science and Technology Conference, held in
Xian, China in November 2007. [cite web | url=http://www.iddst.com/iddst200711/en/reports/session7.htm | title=Session 7: Anti-Cancer/Tumors Drug Discovery & Development and Current Status of the Innovative Therapeutics (Part II) | work=5th Annual Conference of International Drug Discovery Science and Technology | publisher=IDDST | accessdate=2008-04-14]Chaudry is affiliated [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3708902.stm | title=Treating the torture victim | author=Casciani, Dominic | date=
2 October 2004 | accessdate=2004-04-14] and has worked on various relief projects with Doctors Worldwide [ [http://www.greencrescent.org/html/health.html Islamic Crescent - Health ] ] [ [http://www.doctorsworldwide.org/projects/bangladesh/index.shtml Doctors Worldwide ] ] . He was one of the founders of the City Circle, Careers and Mentoring Project. [ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citycircle/message/924 Yahoo! Groups ] ] [ [http://www.thecitycircle.com/projectcareers.php The City Circle ] ]He is the grandson of
Chaudry Mohammad Aslam .Fact|date=April 2008References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
