Consultant in Gastroenterology & NETs, Clinical Lead
After graduating from Imperial College, London, Dr Khan completed higher specialist training in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine in London including Imperial, University College London, Royal Free and Royal Marsden Hospitals. He was awarded a PhD for his research in NETs whilst at the Royal Free/UCL, achieving numerous publications and national/international awards. After a fellowship in Gastrointestinal consequences of cancer at the Royal Marsden, he moved to Cardiff and was appointed as a Consultant Gastroenterologist in 2014 at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board.
Since 2017, he has successfully led the multi-award-winning transformation of the nationally commissioned Neuroendocrine Cancer service in South Wales. Working through a patient-centred approach, the service has won the UK Patient Experience Network Award and were finalists for BMJ Cancer Team of the Year. It achieved accreditation as a European NET Centre of Excellence in 2022.
Academically, Dr Khan has various Chief and Principal Investigator roles, with research interests in patient outcomes, NETs, service improvement, and real-world data. He has been involved in digital health projects and currently has leadership roles in the digital transformation of healthcare at local and national levels. Through a range of projects and roles with the British Medical Association and Welsh Government, he champions staff wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion, in particular, race equality.