Hoda Al-booz
MD, FFRRCSI, FRCR
Medicine
Oncology
Bristol, England
Dr. Al-Booz is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist specializing in chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for gynecological cancers and for cancers of the head and neck. She has a special interest and expertise in using specialized radiotherapy techniques such as Brachytherapy and IMRT.
Dr. Al-Booz's experience has been built over years of specialist training in Leeds and Bristol. She completed a master's degree in Medical Science of Oncology and an MD research on Prostate Brachytherapy in Leeds. In Bristol she led research about normal organs that are at risk of being damaged by internal radiotherapy (Brachytherapy), as part of her interest in the radiobiology of high-dose radiation used in Brachytherapy; working to better the research into the treatment she uses for a large number of patients, always striving for excellence.
Dr. Al-Booz regularly attends National and International medical and radiation oncology scientific meetings and conferences. She works closely with the Wales and South West Head and Neck oncologists and the South West Gynaecology oncologists. Both groups meet bi-annually to share and discuss clinical protocols, and trials and she peer reviews their practices; giving her not only valuable insights into protocols but also being at the forefront of local practices. She is also a core member of both multidisciplinary Head and Neck and Gynae-oncology teams in Bristol. Both her private and NHS patients benefit from fast referral to surgeons when needed.
In addition to all her other work, she also teaches as a Clinical Teacher in the School of Clinical Sciences at the University of Bristol, and lectures at the University of the West of England to both under and postgraduate students. She obtained the Radiation Oncology Fellowship from both the Royal College of Radiologists in London and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, after which she set up the Bristol Gynae-oncology course, which is the first in the UK to handle Gynae-oncology from diagnosis to all modalities of treatment; always receiving excellent feedback.