Michael Douek MD, MBChB, FRCS

Michael Douek is Professor of Surgical Oncology and Breast Surgeon at King's College London and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. He has a research interest in developing and evaluating novel techniques for cancer surgery. Besides developing a novel magnetic technique for sentinel node biopsy and lesion localization, he is one of the pioneers of intra-operative radiotherapy for breast cancer and set up the first prospective trial of a biological device for breast implant reconstuction (POBRAD Trial of Acellular Dermal Matrix). He is currently Chief Investigator of a number of internationl clinical trials. In 2015, he was awarded a prestigious Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.