Medical professionals guide

from Bermuda Health & Beauty Magazine Winter 2021/22

Covid-19: The end game

Dr.

Paul Risk

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul Risk, radiologist, diagnostic imaging department. As a breast specialist radiologist, Dr. Risk is a medical doctor who specialises in diagnosis of breast disease, using mammography and ultrasound. For the Centre, having an onsite radiologist is about raising the level of patient department, especially for breast health.

Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Dr. Risk graduated from Dalhousie University Medical School in 1988. After working as a general practitioner for four years, he returned to school for postgraduate training in diagnostic radiology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. He completed his four-year residency program in 1997 before being admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of in Diagnostic Radiology.

Dr. Risk worked as a general radiologist at St. Martha’s Hospital in Nova Scotia for 5 years before joining a large group of radiologists in Calgary, Alberta where he has worked since 2002. Within this very busy hospital and community clinic-based practice he helped foster and develop the small, dedicated breast imaging and intervention-focused group of radiologists diagnostic imaging. During these past 19 years he has played an integral role as part of this group providing the vast majority of breast imaging and breast biopsies for the greater Calgary area and beyond.

Dr.

Patrick Murray

Patrick Murray hails from the UK and is a graduate of the University of Leeds, gaining membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He obtained his research doctorate investigating immunological changes that happen within head and neck cancer, sparking his interest in the treatment of cancer. In 2013, he was awarded a medical doctorate (MD research) from the University of Hull for successfully defending his thesis on immunomodulation immuno-oncology. He completed his clinical fellowship at the Leeds Cancer Centre in the UK, the largest purpose-built cancer centre in Europe, before extending his training with a focus on high precision radiation techniques such as SBRT and SRS with a specialisation in head and neck cancer.

In 2017, Dr Murray was awarded the esteemed BJR Barclay Medal Award for his BJR paper on “A systematic review of outcomes following stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in the treatment of early-stage primary lung cancer”. He worked as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust before moving to Bermuda to join Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre’s radiation therapy department as a radiation oncologist.

Dr.

Chris Fosker

Dr. Fosker MBChB, BSc, FRCP, FRCR is the medical director and radiation oncologist at the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, Director of Oncology at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, and a consultant at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston. patients with radiation therapy, chemotherapy, molecular therapy and immunotherapy. Prior to moving to Bermuda, Dr. Fosker worked as a specialist at St James’s Institute of Oncology in Leeds, Europe’s largest purpose built cancer centre. Dr. Fosker has completed a Fellowship at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto and has published research in a number of clinical areas as well as in medical education, service development and health economics. Aside from his clinical work he has held other positions of responsibility, including working for the Macmillan Cancer Charity as a policy adviser, and for NHS England as a clinical advisor. He is the recipient of a number of awards including the ‘RS Bush Award’ for academic excellence from Princess Margaret Hospital and the University of Toronto. Dr. Fosker received a Bachelor of Science in Genetics from the University of Leeds.