The Christie Charity
Robert Metcalf
Name
Robert Metcalf
Job title
Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology
Email Address
Clinical trials: jenni.hill1@nhs.net / Clinical oncology: lesley.drain@nhs.net
Phone number
Clinical trials: 0161 956 1167 / Clinical oncology: 0161 446 8581
Qualifications
MBChB MRCP PhD
Specialities
Head and neck
Started at The Christie (Year)
2007
Responsibilities
Consultant Medical Oncologist embedded within both the Head and Neck Cancer Team and The Experimental Cancer Medicine Teams.
Professional biography
Dr Metcalf is a Medical Oncologist and Clinician Scientist studying Head and Neck Cancers with an academic focus on Salivary Gland Cancers. Dr Metcalf was awarded his Medical Degree at the University of Manchester in 2004, and began Medical Oncology Specialist Training in 2007 which was completed in 2015. He was awarded his PhD in 2016 at having studied in the Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology Lab under Prof Caroline Dive at the CRUK Manchester Institute, developing novel pre-clinical models of lung cancer.
Following his PhD, Dr Metcalf has undertaken post-doctoral research in tumour-immunology in Head and Neck cancers based in the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research with Prof Tracy Hussell. He is the UK lead for the International Rare Cancers Initiative Salivary Gland Cancer Group and is setting up a research lab focusing on understanding the biology of salivary gland cancers to develop new therapies.
Research Interest
Lead for clinical trials and translational research in salivary gland cancer and recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancer.