About Doctor

• Dr Merina Ahmed is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist specializing in the treatment of lung, lymphoma, and skin cancers.
• She has both private and NHS practices at The Royal Marsden.
• Dr Ahmed qualified at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Imperial College London, and has been at The Royal Marsden since 2003.
• She conducted research between 2007 and 2009 at The Royal Marsden and The Institute of Cancer Research, focusing on head and neck cancer.
• Her MD focused on improving radiotherapy planning with improved imaging techniques and IMRT, as well as developing novel targeted therapies in the thyroid unit.
• She was appointed as Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Royal Marsden and St George's Hospital after receiving her MD in 2010.
• Dr Ahmed's current practice involves treating patients with early and advanced stages of lung cancer, radiotherapy treatment for haematological malignancies, and non-melanoma skin cancers.
• She specializes in stereotactic and CyberKnife radiotherapy treatments for lung cancer, lung metastases, and other sites of oligometastatic disease.
• Stereotactic/CyberKnife radiotherapy forms a key part of her research program, along with functional imaging for lung cancer and the integration of novel biological therapies into radiotherapy treatment.
• She also has a sub-specialist interest in head and neck lymphoma.