Asif Chaudry

Who is Asif Chaudry?

Dr Mohammed Asif Chaudry is a British surgical oncologist with an interest in gastrointestinal cancer.

He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford where he was awarded a scholarship and qualified from Oxford University with distinction. His subsequent postgraduate training was in Oxford and London.

His principal research interest is the pan-epithelial differentiation antigen EpCAM, its involvement in tumour establishment and metastasis as well as its potential as a target for immunotherapy.

He is the editor of the Oxford handbook of Surgical Oncology and author of numerous chapters including EpCAM, in the Encyclopedia of Cancer.

He chaired the cancer drug development sessions at the International Drug Discovery Science and Technology Conference, held in Xian, China in November 2007, Beijing, October 2008 and Shanghai 2009. as well as the surgical oncology session at the World Cancer Congress, Singapore 2010.

Chaudry is affiliated and has worked on various relief projects with Doctors Worldwide. He was one of the founders of the City Circle, Careers and Mentoring Project.

He is the grandson of Chaudry Mohammad Aslam.