Dr Saoirse Dolly

Qualifications

Bsc, MBBS, MRCP, PhD

GMC number: 6055913

Practising since: 2002

Specialties

Medical Oncology

Consultation times

  • Thursday 9am–1pm
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About

Dr Dolly is a Consultant in Medical Oncologist at Guy's and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospitals. She is one of few cancer experts that specialises in earlier, faster diagnosis of cancer and serious conditions. She provides specialist care and treatment of patients with neuroendocrine, pancreatic, biliary, liver, oesophageal, stomach and small bowel cancers. 


Dr Dolly completed her medical training at Imperial College Medical School in 2002. Thereafter, she did her registrar training at the Royal Marsden Hospital including a PhD at the Institute of Cancer Research. She was appointed to her current post at Guy’s Cancer in 2019. 

Dr Dolly is a National advocate for Rapid Diagnostic Clinics. She has a very patient-centred approach and provides individualised treatment for patients with neuroendocrine and gastrointestinal cancers. She provides general management of the cancer condition and the use of chemotherapy, targeted drugs and immunotherapy. Her links with the regional multi-disciplinary teams help her provide high-quality treatment. She is the Clinical Lead for the award-winning Guy’s Rapid Diagnostic Clinic and co-chair the pan-London Group. She also chairs the annual Non-Site-specific annual symposium at the Oncology Forum.  

Special interests

  • Rapid diagnostics
  • Cancer screening
  • Neuroendocrine, pancreatic, biliary, liver, oesophageal, stomach and small bowel cancers.  

Personal interests

Saoirse enjoys living by the sea in Sussex with her family.  

Treatments and tests offered by Dr Saoirse Dolly at Nuffield Health

  • Fatigue screen
  • Blood test
  • Rheumatology profiles
  • Endocrine investigations
  • Endoscopic ultrasound
  • Core biochemistry screens
  • Excisional biopsy
  • CT scan (or CAT scan)
  • Histopathology
  • Liver function tests
  • Colonoscopy
  • Drug and medication monitoring
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Mammogram (breast screening)
  • Liver biopsy
  • Diagnostic endoscopy
  • Fine needle biopsy
  • Cytology
  • X-ray
  • MRI scan
  • Haematology profiles
  • Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • Ultrasound

Locations Dr Saoirse Dolly works with

Related experience

Research

Dr Dolly has a strong interest in research and strives to offer patients access to clinical trials where appropriate. She is principle investigator on several national clinical trials. She completed a PhD at the Institute of Cancer Research alongside her training at the Royal Marsden Hospital. She is passionate about early cancer diagnosis

and has published on the success of the service.

She h

as been a Clinical Advisor to the National NHS Galleri trial. This study was assessing a multi-cancer early detection test to see if it can diagnose cancer earlier.  Dr Dolly is part of the Guy’s Real-World Evidence group. This is looking at outcomes in patients treated in the real world rather than clinic trials to help establish the effectiveness of cancer treatment.

She published many articles on the safe delivery of cancer treatment during the COVID pandemic and has written over 30 articles. 

Memberships

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • Association of Cancer Physicians (ACP)
  • European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS)
  • UK and Ireland Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (UKINETS) 
  • Medical Protection Society (MPPS)
  • UK Acute Oncology Society (UKAOS)

Other posts held

  • Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital London.
  • Honorary senior lecturer at Kings College London

Insurers Dr Saoirse Dolly works with

Dr Saoirse Dolly works with the following private medical insurance providers:

  • Vitality Health (Pru Health)
  • Westfield Health WPA
  • Cigna
  • Bupa
  • AXA - Global Healthcare
  • AXA Health