Angela Lamarca

Dr. Angela Lamarca is a Medical Oncologist (MD, Ph.D., MSc), specializing in gastrointestinal malignancies (HPB and NETs). She finished her training in Medical Oncology and her Ph.D. in Madrid (Spain) and moved to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (Manchester, United Kingdom) in 2013 in a research fellow position. Dr. Lamarca was successful at securing funding for her fellowship period which included competitive grants from organizations such as the ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) Translational Fellowship Programme, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, and The Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) Fellowship Grant Programme; during this period she specialized in the management of HBP/NET malignancies. She completed a 4-year (2013-2017) fellowship program at The Christie in May 2017, when she was appointed as a Locum Consultant in Medical Oncology at The Christie. She also completed a Master’s Degree in Molecular Biology of Cancer and a second Master’s Degree in Biostatistics and was awarded an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Conquer Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award in 2017. In July 2018, she was appointed as a Consultant in Medical Oncology at The Christie where she continues her Clinical and Translational Research career in HPB and NETs. Her aim is to achieve a better understanding of pancreatic, biliary tract cancer, and NET malignancies and to identify new treatment strategies for improving patients’ outcomes.