Dr. Maxine Tran

Biography

Professor Maxine Tran studied medicine at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, graduating in 1999. She has a special interest in rare inherited kidney cancer syndromes and was awarded a competitive MRC clinical training fellowship for her PhD research at Imperial College London from 2003 to 2006. She completed her specialist urological surgery training and served as a clinical lecturer at Cambridge University Hospitals, eventually being appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Renal Cancer at University College London. In 2022, Maxine was promoted to Professor of Urology. She was recognized for her contributions as Vice Dean of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Faculty of Medical Sciences from 2019 to 2021, and served as a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Urology from 2019 to 2022. Additionally, she is a board trustee for the charity Kidney Cancer UK since 2018 and has served as a key opinion leader in her field, including roles in the NICE Kidney Cancer Guideline panel and the European Association of Urology Kidney Cancer guideline panel in 2023. Awarded a prestigious NIHR Research Professorship, she works to transform the diagnostic management pathway for kidney cancer. Maxine has been involved in clinical practice at the Royal Free Hospital for over ten years, focusing on the Urology department at Cambridge University Hospitals.

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