Tim Cooksley
Name
Tim Cooksley
Job title
Clinical Director in Acute Oncology
Phone number
0161 956 1350
Qualifications
MBChB (Hons), FRCP, FMASCC
Specialities
Acute oncology
Started at The Christie (Year)
2014
Responsibilities
At The Christie
Consultant and Clinical Director in Acute Oncology
Immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity service
Acute ambulatory oncology care
Roles/responsibilities at other sites
Previous President, Society for Acute Medicine
Previous National Clinical Advisor, GIRFT, NHS England
Professional biography
Professor Tim Cooksley is a Consultant in Acute Medicine at The Christie. He has led the development of an acute medical service at the hospital.
Prof Cooksley has had several national and international roles. He is the immediate past President of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) and a previous member of Royal College of Physicians council. He was on the inaugural board of the UK acute oncology society. Prof Cooksley co-chaired the acute care workstream of the 10-year NHS England UEC strategy, sat on the NHS England UEC expert review group and clinical reference groups and was a national clinical advisor for GIRFT, Acute Medicine.
He is a previous chair of the MASCC neutropenia study group. Prof Cooksley co-chaired the MASCC immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity group and co-authored their international management guidelines. He was the first current UK based clinician to be awarded fellowship of MASCC (FMASCC). Prof Cooksley co-led the NHS England guidance on the ambulatory management of low-risk febrile neutropenia and was on the development group for the UKONS guidelines for acute cancer presentations. He is currently associate editor for the Postgraduate Medical Journal.
Research Interest
Complex acute ICI toxicity management, acute ambulatory cancer toxicity managementAcute Medicine, Acute Oncology
Educational Interests
Acute Medicine, Acute Oncology