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The signs of ovarian cancer: what to know
Ovarian cancer can be challenging to detect in its early stages, as symptoms are often sub...
Mr David Jeevan is a consultant gynaecologist at Nuffield Health Warwickshire Hospital, specialising in gynaecological cancers such as endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, and vulval cancer. He also has expertise in treating pelvic masses, sarcomas, and postmenopausal bleeding.
Mr Jeevan qualified from the University of Birmingham in 2007, where he later completed a Master’s by Research degree in Cancer Sciences (2017) and a PhD in Oncology and Cancer Biology (2022), for which he investigated the steroid metabolome in ovarian cancer, and was funded by a fellowship from the Wellbeing of Women and further funds from Cancer Research UK. He has an interest in early diagnosis of gynaecological cancers and translational medicine, and in 2016, he was awarded a competitive start fellowship from the Institute of Translational Medicine. He is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists.
He has advised on scripts for the Sky 1 medical drama Critical. He is passionate about research: he is an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow and has performed as the Chief Investigator with an NHS portfolio of adapted clinical studies across 11 sites in England. Mr Jeevan additionally partakes in medical education, teaching undergraduate medical students in endocrinology and obstetrics & gynaecology at the University of Birmingham, where he also supervises BSc students and is a final year examiner for the medical school. He has presented his research at both national and international cancer conferences, led talks with Wellbeing of Women and OVACOME, and has several publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Mr Jeevan has committed to helping patients in all aspects of care, from developing his surgical and patient management skills, participating as a medico-legal expert analyst, to advising for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ovarian Cancer.

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