Our consultants

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Dr Jenny Buxton, Consultant Haematologist specialising in Lymphomas.  Dr Buxton has been a Consultant since 2013, previously working at the Borders General Hospital but at the Western General Hospital since 2020. She graduated from Aberdeen University in 2001. As part of Specialist Training  she did an MD looking at aspects of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.

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Dr Beverstock is a Consultant Haematologist based at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital. She graduated with an MBChB and BSc from Aberdeen University before commencing her postgraduate medical and haematology speciality training in South East Scotland. She has a specialist interest in management of patients with lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

In addition to her clinical roles, she is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

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Iain Phillips is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist. He gives radiotherapy and drug treatment for thoracic malignancies including lung cancer.

He is the clinical lead for the Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) service for oligometastatic cancer at Edinburgh Cancer Centre.

Dr Phillips is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. He has a research interest in prehabilitation and cachexia in lung cancer. He is active in recruiting patients to clinical trials. He is the UK Chief Investigator for COMET-3. He is the local Principal Investigator for PACIFIC 9, HALT, SARON and SYSTEMS 2.

Sharon Peoples is a consultant in clinical oncology specialising in neuro-oncology, stereotactic radiotherapy and paediatric radiotherapy.

She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in medicine in 1996 and completed her post graduate training in clinical oncology in Edinburgh in 2006. In 2006 she spent six months training in paediatric radiotherapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College Hospital London.

Dr Peoples is currently the clinical lead for the Edinburgh Centre of Neuro-Oncology. In 2024 she took on the role of clinical lead for the Scottish Adult Neuro-Oncology Network.  She is committed to ensuring that all patients with brain tumours in Scotland have equal access to high quality, safe and effective treatments.

She has an interest in technical radiotherapy delivering stereotactic radiotherapy in Edinburgh and she sits on the Scottish and National Proton Radiotherapy Panels.  In addition, she is actively involved in neuro-oncology clinical trials and has been a principle investigator for a number of clinical trials delivered in the Edinburgh Cancer Centre.

She has an interest in Teenage and Young Adult Oncology and has set up a neuro-oncology transition clinic in Edinburgh. She is currently the clinical lead for Teenagers and Young People with Cancer in South East Scotland. Dr Peoples is a member of the Children and Young People with Cancer Clinical Service Network and contributes to a number of work streams including contributing to a national set of guidelines for transitioning young people with cancer into the adult setting.

Outside of work she enjoys long walks, yoga, photography, travel and the occasional game of chess.

I hold a position as an Academic Consultant Medical Oncologist specialising in breast cancer at the University of Edinburgh. I am the Head of the Breast Cancer Translational Research Group at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer at the University of Edinburgh and an Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist at Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.

I obtained my first degree, a Bachelor of Science (Hon) in Human Genetics from the University of Leeds. This was followed by a Master of Science in Oncology and Cellular Pathology from the same University. I received my Medical Degree from the Medical School of Athens, Greece. After successfully completing a Master of Research in Immunology (Distinction) and a PhD (Distinction) in Translational Medicine at the Medical School of Athens, Greece, I started my training as a Medical Oncologist at the Naval Hospital of Athens. I then moved to London to work as a specialist registrar in King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital of London.

On completion of my training, I have taken up my post as an Academic Consultant Medical Oncologist with special interest in breast cancer at the University of Edinburgh. I set up my own research group that consists of a senior post doc, a PhD student/s, and a research assistant. I received a number of prestigious awards and grants to support my research in breast cancer. My research focuses on developing non-invasive analyses of breast cancer to understand better the breast cancer biology, identify potential therapeutic targets in cancer (early and advanced) and identify early a patient’s response to treatment with the aim of bringing these findings into the clinical practice. My academic qualifications, my research focus and my leading role in numerous trials gives me the opportunity to offer my patients a personalised treatment plan.

I am the site Principal Investigator in more than 60 clinical trials, the global Chief Investigator of Eucharis trial, the UK Chief Investigator of EMBER4 trial and the Chief Investigator in six currently running translational studies. I am a member of the steering committee of several international clinical trials, and I have established strong collaborations with other key opinion leaders in breast cancer across the world. Regular teaching and research supervising commitments both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level are also included in my academic role. Last but not least, I hold a position as a clinical expert for both NICE and SMC

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