Integrative cancer care - meet the team
In this episode, we will be introducing you to key members of our multidisciplinary integrative cancer care team at Synthesis Clinic, starting with Aga Kehinde, a health and wellbeing coach and qualified EFT practitioner. We will then meet our registered nutritional therapists, Linda Sims and Emma Marshall. You will hear about our weekly MDT (multidisciplinary team) meetings at the clinic, which provide an opportunity for all our specialists to cross-refer and discuss integrative management with input from our Director, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel.
About Aga Kehinde
Aga’s background is in oncology and oncology research working as a cancer educator and clinical nurse specialist for over 20 years. Her areas of specialist interest are cancer coaching, pre-habilitation and rehabilitation, supporting clients with cancer and other chronic diseases (including autoimmunity) and emotional wellbeing coaching for anxiety, stress and burnout.
Aga deeply believes in human’s inherent abilities to move through life’s adversities, heal, grow and thrive in spite of life's challenges. Aga partners with clients to support and navigate them through the chaos of a medical diagnosis and everything that comes with it, co-creating strategies to reclaim purpose and meaning in life and support mental and emotional wellbeing.
Find out more about Aga here.
About Linda Sims
Linda is a qualified Nutritional Therapist with a diploma from the College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM) where she lectured in cancer for several years. Post-graduation Linda decided to specialise in cancer nutrition, and she now supports people with a range of solid tumour diagnoses, from lung and colorectal cancer to ovarian, endometrial and prostate cancer. As a member of the British Society of Integrative Oncology, she bases her approach on the latest evidence in the field of nutritional therapy. Linda is registered with The British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT), Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (ANP) and with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). Linda has completed an NTEC in Nutrition and Cancer from the Institute of Optimum Nutrition and a more recent NTEC-approved Systems Approach to Cancer course created by Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, which is the model we practice at the clinic.
Find out more about Linda here
About Emma Marshall
Emma is a registered Nutritional Therapist with Functional Medicine training and an experienced chef who specialises in working with breast cancer patients.
Constantly learning through formal education and research, Emma combines her evidence-based nutrition knowledge with over 25 years of cooking experience both in professional and domestic environments. This enables her to take the science of nutrition and the healing it can bring and make it accessible for her clients through her recipes and menu plans.
Her focus is on breast cancer nutrition, working with you to provide a personalised and supportive approach to identify and reduce your risks and optimise your overall outcome. She regularly uses functional testing and is experienced with using detailed testing, including nutritional genomics.
Find out more about Emma here
To find out more about Synthesis Clinic, our philosophy and our multidisciplinary cancer support team, please click here. You can find out more about our services and frequently asked questions in this overview document.
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