Shelley Dolan

Dr Dolan was appointed Chief Nurse at The Royal Marsden Hospital in June 2007 from her position as the first nurse consultant in critical care in the UK, a role she took up at The Royal Marsden in 2000. Shelley has worked clinically in the field of intensive care for over 20 years and is a trained intensive care and cancer nurse who achieved her MSc in cancer care in 1996 and doctorate in 2011. She is also the LCA's Clinical Director.

She is also the Vice Chair of the Board of the MHRA. Shelley is a member of the European Oncology Nursing Society and International Nurses in Cancer Care, and she lectures extensively, nationally and internationally. Her research is in the areas of early detection of sepsis and the critical and acute care of the cancer patient.