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Ian Harley

Ian Harley BSc, MD, FRCOG

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology
Belfast, North Ireland, United Kingdom

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Ian Harley is a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at the Northern Ireland Regional Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital. He graduated in Medicine from the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1993, entering the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) training programme in the Northern Ireland Deanery in 1995. From 2003-to 2006 he left Northern Ireland to train as a Gynaecological Oncologist at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ian was awarded a Postgraduate Medical Doctorate (MD) from the Queen’s University, Belfast in 2008 and appointed a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at the Belfast City Hospital in 2008. In 2013 he was awarded an Honorary Lectureship at the Queen’s University Belfast and is a member of the Ovarian Cancer research group at the University’s Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology. He is the UWI / IGCS International Mentor.

Ian’s interests include Minimal Access Surgery in Gynaecology and Oncology, Hereditary Gynaecological Cancers and Translational Research in Ovarian Cancer. He is a member of the Faculty for the Olympus Minimal Access Surgery Fellowship. He has many journal publications and presents at regional, national and international meetings.