Dr. Fiona Vij

PRECISION HEALTH & INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Doctor

Functional and integrative medicine for Women’s Health optimisation (cancer Risk Reduction/primary prevention)

Integrative cancer pain care

Dr Fiona Vij Integrative Medicine Doctor Synthesis Clinic Women's Health and Chronic Pain Support

Dr Fiona

Dr Fiona is an Emergency Medicine (A&E) Consultant with almost two decades of experience in treating NHS patients. She completed her undergraduate medical degree at the University of Birmingham in 2005 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in 2013. In 2023, Dr Fiona completed a Level 7 Masters Diploma in Integrative Medicine at the UK National Centre of Integrative Medicine.

Throughout her career, Dr Fiona has worked in several hospitals including major trauma and paediatric specialist centres. She has extensive general medical expertise in treating various acute, chronic and emergency conditions in both adults and children. In her NHS role Dr Fiona sees many patients who feel disillusioned with the management of their health conditions with conventional medicine alone. As such, she is acutely aware of the limitations of conventional medicine in its ability to provide whole person, proactive and personalised health care.

As an Integrative Medicine physician, Dr Fiona now combines her extensive experience in Emergency Medicine with a knowledge of evidence-based, complementary and lifestyle therapies to help patients achieve better health and wellbeing and thrive in their lives. Dr Fiona is also undergoing additional Functional Medicine training and works closely with our team of Functional and Integrative Medicine specialists and allied healthcare teams across women’s health, integrative oncology and integrative pain care.

Key areas of focus within the women’s health service are:

1) Women’s health optimisation and risk reduction support for women with a high risk of cancer (primary prevention), based on family history of cancer, genetics (BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, CHEK2, Lynch syndrome etc) or other high risk medical history (such as autoimmune thyroiditis, Barrett’s oesophagus, PCOS, endometriosis, endometrial hyperplasia and persistent high risk HPV and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia or CIN as some examples)

2) Cancer survivorship services, including a whole person health menopause and cancer service

3) Family and carer whole person wellbeing support service - our women’s health team offers support for carers of anyone impacted by cancer, including nutrition, health coaching, psychological support and herbal medicine. For men’s health carer support options we offer consultations with Dr Raj Joshi.

Within our integrative pain care service

Synthesis Clinic offers a unique personalised integrative pain service aimed at people with cancer or cancer treatment-related pain, including CIPN (chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy), generalised cancer pain and musculoskeletal joint or muscle pain related to cancer treatment, such as AIA (aromatase inhibitor-induced arthralgia). unique personalised integrative pain service aimed at people with cancer or cancer treatment-related pain, including CIPN (chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy), generalised cancer pain and musculoskeletal joint or muscle pain related to cancer treatment, such as AIA (aromatase inhibitor-induced arthralgia).

Areas of Special Interest

  • Functional and Integrative Medicine for women’s health optimisation and risk reduction support for women with a high risk of cancer (primary prevention), based on family history, genetics (BRCA, PALB2, CHEK2, Lynch syndrome etc) or other high risk medical history, or other high risk medical history (such as autoimmune thyroiditis, Barrett’s oesophagus, PCOS, endometriosis, endometrial hyperplasia and persistent high risk HPV and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia or CIN as some examples)

  • Functional and Integrative Medicine for cancer survivorship and cancer and cancer treatment-related pain (including neuropathy and joint and muscle pain)

  • Family and carer whole person wellbeing service - because you cannot pour from an empty cup when caring for someone with cancer

Integrative Women’s Health and Pain Care -

Doctor Consultation Fees

Dr Fiona’s initial package includes one 75-minute initial consultation and one 60 minute follow-up consultation with written plans and is priced at £870 which can be payable in 2 monthly payments.

Further follow-ups range from £275 to £395 depending on duration and whether there are in-depth test results to discuss.

Medical Cannabis

Dr Fiona’s medical cannabis package includes one 75 minute initial consultation and one 60 minute follow-up consultation with written plans and is priced at £870. We also offer this package to be paid over 2 monthly payments. A shorter package is available for patients already enrolled with Synthesis Clinic.

Please contact Zarish, our Women’s Health Clinic Coordinator, to discuss the programmes and book in.

Please contact Zarish Aslam, our Women’s Health Clinic Coordinator, for further information about any of our women’s health services or if you are unsure what will work best for your individual situation. 

Women’s Health Specialist Consultations

We offer online consultations with our women’s health specialist integrative medicine doctors and professionals providing women’s health nutrition, health coaching, herbal medicine and emotional wellbeing support. We specialise in women’s health optimisation and cancer risk reduction, as well as providing whole person support for cancer survivors post-treatment and carers and families.

Synthesis Clinic is located in Berkshire, near Twyford, Reading. We are located within easy reach of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, North Hampshire, Surrey and London via the Elizabeth line.

Hours
Monday–Friday
9am–5pm