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Dr Craig Knighton
BSc MBBS MRCP FRCR
GMC: 4552769Professional statement
Dr Craig Knighton is a highly revered consultant clinical oncologist who specialises in brain cancer and brain tumours, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, thyroid cancer, skin cancer, lung cancer, as well as lymphomas. He is currently practising privately at the Northampton-based Three Shires Hospital, the Northampton General Hospital, as well as GenesisCare Milton Keynes.
Dr Knighton, who is also an expert in lung cancer diagnosis, management and treatment, successfully completed his first official medical qualification in 1995, obtaining a BSc in immunotherapy from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. He followed this up by completing an MBBS three years later from the same hospital group, before going on to achieve an MRCP and subsequent membership at the Royal College of Physicians in 2006.
Dr Knighton completed his training on the Pan-Thames Clinical Oncology rotation, notably working at hospitals such as The Royal Marsden, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital Oncology Unit, as well as various district general hospitals in Maidstone. He then later became a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologist, Clinical Oncology faculty in 2014. He is also the current oncology lead at Three Shires Hospital.
Dr Knighton, who is also an expert in lung cancer diagnosis, management and treatment, successfully completed his first official medical qualification in 1995, obtaining a BSc in immunotherapy from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. He followed this up by completing an MBBS three years later from the same hospital group, before going on to achieve an MRCP and subsequent membership at the Royal College of Physicians in 2006.
Dr Knighton completed his training on the Pan-Thames Clinical Oncology rotation, notably working at hospitals such as The Royal Marsden, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital Oncology Unit, as well as various district general hospitals in Maidstone. He then later became a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologist, Clinical Oncology faculty in 2014. He is also the current oncology lead at Three Shires Hospital.
Clinics
The Avenue, Northampton, Northampton, NN1 5DRMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 28 years of experience
- Consultant Clinical Oncologist,
Subspecialties
- Lung cancer
- Radiotherapy
Professional memberships
- Medical Defence Union
- British Medical Association
Education
- BSc (Immuno), Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals (1995)
- MBBS, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals (1998)
Positions in organisations
- Oncology Lead, Three Shires Hospital (present)
Publications and conferences
- 2017 Mr Hector Mateo-Carrasco and Dr Craig Knighton. Northamptonshire Cancer Centre and The Royal Marsden Hospital. Safety of extended temozolamide (eTMZ) regimes in brain tumour patients. Published in the British Oncology Pharmacists Association Journal, June 2017.
- 2014 Dr Craig Knighton, CNS Jamie Logan, CNS Vicky Hurwitz, Dr Alex King, Dr Andrew Hodgkiss, Dr Katia Cikurel, Dr Ron Beaney, and Dr Lucy Brazil. Guy's and St.Thomas', and King's College Hospitals, London. An Audit to Construct Guidelines for Psychiatric Conditions Manifest in Primary Brain Tumour Patients Whilst Receiving Treatment. Published in British Neuro-Oncology Society Meeting Journal, March 2014.
Languages spoken
- English
- French
Registration number: 4552769