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Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
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Medical Evidence Matters with Liz Tucker
Mistletoe Injections - Could these be a valuable supplement to standard oncological care?
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel discusses the use of injectable mistletoe as a cancer treatment in conjunction with the standard treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy. Nina was working as a doctor in the UK’s NHS when she discovered in her early thirties that she had breast cancer. That was a decade ago, but that experience helped focus her mind on the reality of being a cancer patient and of the importance of treating the whole person not just the disease. Injectable mistletoe therapy is used widely in hospitals in Germany with up to 60% of pat...
2025-11-04
55 min
Medical Evidence Matters with Liz Tucker
Mistletoe Injections - Could these be a valuable supplement to standard oncological care?
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel discusses the use of injectable mistletoe as a cancer treatment in conjunction with the standard treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy. Nina was working as a doctor in the UK’s NHS when she discovered in her early thirties that she had breast cancer. That was a decade ago, but that experience helped focus her mind on the reality of being a cancer patient and of the importance of treating the whole person not just the disease. Injectable mistletoe therapy is used widely in hospitals in Germany with up to 60% of pat...
2025-11-04
55 min
Nutritional Medicine Podcast
Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel: Integrative Oncology; Precision Health and Nutrition in Cancer Care
Speaking with Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel a leading voice in integrative oncology we discuss the role of nutritional interventions in the wider context of cancer care, including the importance of personalisation, evidence-based practice, and multi-dispensary teams. We also explore the role of nutrition in prevention, treatment and survivorship. Learn about the work Dr. Fuller-Shavel is engaged in and how to be part of the global integrative oncology movement. Guest: Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel About our guest: Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel MB BChir (Medicine) and MA Hons Natural Sciences...
2025-06-04
50 min
CTSNet Podcasts
The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 106: Integrative Oncology
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel, co-chair of the British Society for Integrative Oncology (BSIO) from 2021 to 2023 and current co-chair of the BSIO Clinical Practice and Education Committee, about integrative oncology. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:29 Integrative Medicine 09:13 Bar Dislocation, Pectus 10:53 Effective Circulating Volume Fraction 13:14 Repair vs Replacement, Edge-to-Edge 16:14 Relaxed TAVI Age Threshold? 18:14 Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis Transaxillary 20:09 How-To, AAE Tricuspid Repair 21:49 Modified Robotic Tracheobronchoplasty 23:34 Dr. Fuller-Shavel, Integrative Oncology 56:21 Upcoming Events
2025-05-22
1h 02
The Menopause and Cancer Podcast
Ep 101 - Is Collagen Safe After Cancer?
A huge thank you to our partners Oxford Hormone Clinic for helping us get this episode out to all of you! Their support means so much to us. All their details are in the show notes below. Ever wondered if collagen is safe for you? There is a lot of talk about collagen out there and some people say it really helps them with their skin, joints and even energy levels. And then we hear stories of concern as collagen has been linked to cancer. In today’s episode, I am joined by Dr. N...
2024-05-01
27 min
The Menopause and Cancer Podcast
Ep 75 - From Anxiety to PTSD with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
I’ve never met a fellow cancer survivor who has not struggled with anxiety. But what is anxiety, what’s depression or maybe what you have is PTSD? Menopause on top of that can make things much worse. On today's episode, we’re discussing all the proven and evidence based strategies that can help.Our guest expert is the super knowledgable Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, an Oxbridge-trained precision health and integrative medicine doctor with 7 degrees and over a decade’s experience in integrative healthcare and additional training in nutrition, herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, yoga, mindfulness, and other...
2023-12-06
1h 00
It's the Pain Talking
Episode 7 – Cancer, PTSD, and Trauma-informed Treatment Options for Cancer – Conversation Dr. Nina Fuller Shavel
This episode includes discussions about PTSD and trauma, which might be sensitive or triggering for some. We believe in the importance of these topics and their impact on mental health awareness. However, we also recognise the importance of self-care. If at any point you find the content too distressing, please feel free to pause, skip, or stop listening. Take care of yourself and seek support if needed.Dr Nina Fuller-ShavelMB BChir MA Hons (Cantab) FBANT DipIM DipCHM PGCert IFMCP DipION RYT300Personalised & Integrative Medicine Doctor, Scientist and EducatorDr Nina...
2023-11-22
45 min
Talking With Cancer
Let's look at the "why?"
Katie feels so inspired to have interviewed Dr Nina Fuller Shavel this week. So much so, that she has now become a patient of Synthesis Clinic herself. Their integrative approach to Oncology and Women's Health feels like a breath of fresh, an organisation where healthcare is collaborative, personalised, holistic and above all about feeling well. Nina always wants to look at the "why?"...why does someone feel the way they do and what can be done about it?https://www.synthesisclinic.co.uk/homehttps://www.instagram.com/synthesisclinic/Talking Wi...
2023-10-24
53 min
It's the Pain Talking
Episode 5 - Integrative oncology and Systems Approach to cancer - Conversation with Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel
Dr Nina Fuller-ShavelMB BChir MA Hons (Cantab) FBANT DipIM DipCHM PGCert IFMCP DipION RYT300Personalised & Integrative Medicine Doctor, Scientist and EducatorDr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an award-winning Oxbridge-trained integrative medicine doctor, scientist and educator with over a decade’s experience in integrative healthcare. Dr Fuller-Shavel is the Co-Chair of BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology) and a Fellow of both the College of Medicine and the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT). Alongside her scientific and medical training, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, in...
2023-05-17
52 min
The Menopause and Cancer Podcast
Ep 29 - Integrative Cancer Care - what else can I do?
Do we need a supplement? Do they even work?How should we eat in menopause after cancer? How to move?Anti-Inflammatory diets? What does that actually mean?Genomic Testing, Thermography…All these above questions come into my inbox every week and I can’t help but think that so many of us cancer survivors are dabbling at integrating methods into our lives - but from personal experience, I know we don’t always know what we are doing. We don’t have a grand plan. I’m super excited to welcome t...
2023-01-18
1h 08
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
A Year in Review with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel and Octavia Hamilton
In this episode Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel and Octavia Hamilton reflect on 2022 as they share their personal and professional challenges of the last year, as well as their achievements, successes and favourite podcast episodes. About Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel:Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an award-winning Oxbridge-trained medical doctor and scientist with over a decade’s experience in integrative health and in-depth additional training in nutrition, health coaching, functional, integrative and herbal medicine, Chinese medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other modalities. Dr Nina is a Fellow of BANT and the College of Medicine and the Director of Synthesis Cl...
2022-12-13
40 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Integrating psychology and nutrition with Dr Emma Weymouth
In this episode, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel speaks to Dr Emma Weymouth who offers a wonderful combination of clinical psychology and nutritional therapy. We discuss the importance of considering the whole person picture in supporting mental wellbeing and how nutrition and lifestyle can offer synergistic benefits when combined with psychological approaches. About Emma:Dr Emma Weymouth is an accredited Clinical Psychologist specialising in ClinicalHealth and Neuropsychology with over ten years' experience in the NHS andprivate sector supporting people in managing health conditions. Emma is also aregistered Nutritional Therapist whose a...
2022-12-06
35 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Cannabinoids - A personalised integrative approach with Dr Dani Gordon
In this episode Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel speaks with Dr Dani Gordon about cannabinoids and their uses in a broad spectrum of conditions - from mental wellbeing and sleep support to pain management and women's health. We discuss some of the myths and misconceptions around cannabis use as a plant medicine, as well as responsible and personalised use of this tool within the overall integrative medicine toolkit. We hope you find this discussion interesting and valuable in supporting your health and wellbeing. About Dr Dani GordonDr Dani Gordon MD is a double board cer...
2022-11-22
40 min
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
#166 Thyroid health and a Personalised medicine approach with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
🎬 Watch the podcast on YouTube here📱 Download The Doctor’s Kitchen app for freeRoot cause medicine. It’s a term that gets banded around a lot, but on today’s episode you’re going to learn about exactly what it means. Complicated conditions like PCOS or autoimmune thyroid disease, actually have multiple causes and getting to the root of what is driving that process is essentially the aim of integrative medicine.At the personalised medicine conference this year I got a chance to sit down for an hour and chat with Dr Nina F...
2022-09-28
57 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Yoga and breathwork for cancer support with Vicky Fox & Sophie Trew
In this episode we introduce you to the benefits of yoga and breathwork in cancer support. We start the episode with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel talking to Vicky Fox, an experienced senior yoga teacher and teacher trainer. Vicky teaches yoga for cancer in person and online, and has recently published a book 'Yoga for Cancer: the A to Z of C'. Next Octavia Hamilton speaks to Sophie Trew, a member of our clinic referral network. Sophie is a cancer thriver, breathwork and mind body coach and a qualified EFT, NLP and Reiki practitioner. Sophie has worked with women in t...
2022-09-20
46 min
The Gutology Podcast
Integrative Cancer Care with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an Oxbridge-trained medical doctor, scientist and educator with over a decade’s experience in integrative health. Dr Fuller-Shavel is the Co-Chair of BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology) and a Fellow of both the College of Medicine and the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT). Alongside her scientific and medical training, Dr Nina holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, functional medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches.She is the founder and Director of Synthesis Clinic, an innovative multidisciplinary practice specialising in women’s health and integrative cancer care. Dr Nina also...
2022-08-22
54 min
Precision Medicine Forum Podcast
007: Patient centred integrated oncology - Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
The buzz around the potential of Precision Medicine continues as new technologies, more powerful computing and our ability to store, share and interpret Big Data increases. On this podcast Steve Coldicott and Scott Buckler chat about all aspects of the industry with patients, healthcare industry and research professionals about creating personalised medicines for each and every one of us. On this episode of Precision Medicine Forum Podcast, Scott's chatting with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel. Nina is Director of the award winning Synthesis Clinic, and Co-Chair of the British Society for Integrative Oncology (BSIO), who provide a mu...
2022-08-16
35 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Colour, creativity and flow with Dr Deanna Minich
In this episode, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel speaks with Dr Deanna Minich, a nutrition scientist and international lecturer, teacher and author. We cover a wonderful spectrum of topics from how eating the rainbow of colourful whole foods impacts your health and wellbeing to the power of creativity and finding flow in our lives. About Dr Deanna Minich:Deanna Minich, MS, PhD, CNS, Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (IFMCP), is a nutrition scientist, international lecturer, teacher, and author, with over twenty years of experience in academia and in the food and dietary supplement industries. Throughout the y...
2022-07-19
41 min
SuperHuman Living Podcast
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel - Be the agent of our own health and wellness. Episode 13
What can we say about this episode? It is a corker as we talk to Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, an Integrative Medicine doctor, scientist and educator and Directly of award-winning Synthesis Clinic. She is a font of all knowledge on female health and frankly we could have spoken to her all day. We started with her route into integrative medicine, she describes herself as a scientists first and how it was following the science and asking “why” that led her into lifestyle medicine, nutrition, breath work and the many other modalities she uses At the heart of what she does, is t...
2022-06-22
1h 06
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Building resilience and supporting immune regulation with Dr Jenna Macciocchi
In this episode Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel talks with Dr Jenna Macciochi, a leading immunologist with a special interest in the interaction between lifestyle and our immune systems. We cover a broad range of topics, from building whole-person resilience and making small sustainable lifestyle changes to autoimmune disease. We discuss the important role of nutrition and gut health in maintaining a balanced immune response and how this may play into autoimmunity. About Dr Jenna Macciocchi:Dr Jenna Macciochi is on a mission to unravel the science around the immune system. An immunology lecturer and r...
2022-06-21
54 min
CANCERTALK
BSIO - A Force for Change
The British Society for Integrative Oncology (BSIO) is the leading professional organisation for integrative oncology in the UK. Its stated goal is to promote the integration of conventional, nutritional, lifestyle and complementary medicine to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. It is rapidly becoming an established force for change in cancer care, with a growing membership and a range of annual events and services. Podcast host Dr Penny Kechagioglou is Co-chair of the BSIO, alongside this episode's guest, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, who brings us up to date with developments at BSIO.
2022-05-24
58 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Importance of lifestyle in mental health with Dr Charlotte Marriott
In this episode, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel speaks with Dr Charlotte Marriott, a consultant NHS psychiatrist and certified lifestyle medicine physician. Dr. Charlotte's mission is to inform and inspire people to optimise their own health and wellbeing with evidence-based lifestyle medicine and lifestyle psychiatry information. She also aims to educate healthcare professionals on how to incorporate a lifestyle medicine approach into standard medical care and to influence public health policy and national health guidance, something we are huge advocates for at Synthesis Clinic. About Dr Charlotte Marriott:Dr Charlotte is a Consultant NH...
2022-05-24
51 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Integrative cancer care - meet the team
In this episode, we will be introducing you to key members of our multidisciplinary integrative cancer care team at Synthesis Clinic, starting with Aga Kehinde, a health and wellbeing coach and qualified EFT practitioner. We will then meet our registered nutritional therapists, Linda Sims and Emma Marshall. You will hear about our weekly MDT (multidisciplinary team) meetings at the clinic, which provide an opportunity for all our specialists to cross-refer and discuss integrative management with input from our Director, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel. About Aga KehindeAga’s background is in oncology and oncology res...
2022-05-03
48 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Integrative care for metastatic colorectal cancer - a patient’s story
In this episode of the Synthesis Clinic podcast, you will be hearing from one of our wonderful patients, Helen, who has had a truly transformational journey since finding Dr Nina and our team. With a 5-year history of metastatic colorectal cancer, Helen has certainly had a challenging time but despite an initial rocky ride through multiple treatments, she has stabilised and thrived. Helen is continuing to undergo cancer treatment but now has a completely different quality of life and newfound resilience, as well as feeling heard and seen as a whole human being, not just her cancer diagnosis. D...
2022-04-26
21 min
The Functional Health Podcast
#61 Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel - Integrative Cancer Support, Women’s Health And Research Woes
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an Integrative Medicine doctor, scientist and educator with degrees in Medicine and Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, as well as an ongoing MSc in Precision Cancer Medicine at the University of Oxford. Dr Fuller-Shavel is a Fellow of them College of Medicine and the Co-Chair of BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology). Alongside her scientific and medical training and over a decade’s experience in integrative health, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, functional medicine (IFMCP), health coaching (FMCA), herbal medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches. Dr...
2022-04-25
1h 09
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Integrative oncology - collaboration and empowerment with Dr Penny Kechagioglou
In this episode Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel and Dr Penny Kechagioglou discuss integrative oncology, which seeks to rationally combine the best of conventional, nutritional, lifestyle and evidence-informed complementary medicine to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. Integrative oncology aims to support better quality of life, improve resilience, minimise the side effects of treatment and improve clinical outcomes.About Dr Penny Kechagioglou:Dr Penny Kechagioglou is a senior Consultant Clinical Oncologist in the NHS and private sector, specialising in breast cancer, and she integrates the latest evidence-based medicine with l...
2022-04-05
30 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Supporting Trauma Recovery with Dr Cheryl Cross
In this episode, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel interviews Dr Cheryl Cross, an experienced integrative clinical psychologist specialising in trauma recovery. We discuss the broad psychological and physiological impact of trauma and some important theories that can help us understand our nervous system and how we relate to others, including polyvagal theory and attachment theory. While there are many approaches to working with trauma, this episode focuses on finding appropriate psychological support, including therapies such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and AF-EMDR. We conclude with some exciting new developments in trauma therapy and a message of hope for trauma...
2022-03-14
54 min
The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
Introduction to Synthesis Clinic, precision health and integrative medicine
We are delighted to share our first Synthesis Clinic podcast episode.Over the next few episodes, we will be introducing you to our multidisciplinary team at Synthesis, starting with our director, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel. We will discuss what Synthesis is about, what precision health and integrative medicine is and hear some of the amazing patient stories and fascinating conversations with a wide range of healthcare professionals.In this first episode, Dr Nina and Octavia have an initial conversation about integrative medicine and precision health, how Synthesis Clinic started and our passion for supporting women’s he...
2022-01-21
36 min
Healthpath Podcast
Person-centred Medicine with Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel
I speak with Dr. Nina Fuller-Shavel about...well lot's of different things! We discuss the concepts of resilience, trust and safety, the importance of community, the role trauma can play in disease, and the importance of patience along the healing journey. The take away is that we need to focus as much on the bigger picture (if not more so) than on the minute details that so many of us seem to get drawn in to.
2021-05-27
1h 14
My Breast My Health
S2 Ep32: How can functional and integrative medicine help me through a cancer diagnosis? - Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
The field of functional and integrative medicine is becoming increasingly recognised by the mainstream. If you haven't come across these areas, then this is the podcast episode for you.Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is my guest today. She is an integrative medicine practitioner, who initially trained as a natural scientist and then entered medicine. She became slightly disillusioned by how very disease centric medicine is and she realised that the other areas of nutrition, health and wellbeing of patients were not being addressed adequately.Her diagnosis of breast cancer in her early 30s became the catalyst...
2021-04-14
46 min
Cancer Talks
Cancer Talks with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
Thank you for listening to our Cancer Talks podcast with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, MA Hons MB BChir IFMCP DipIM PG Cert RYT200 and Functional and Integrative Medicine Doctor My co-hosts, Registered Nutritional Therapist and Senior Lecturer, Linda Sims and Registered Nutritional Therapist Andrea Burton talk with Dr Nina about her life and her thoughts on how she works with people who have cancer. If you would like to talk with Dr Nina, you can find her details below. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel Website: https://www.drninafullershavel.com/ (https://www.drninafullershavel.com...
2020-11-23
1h 17
Tinto Talks
Functional Medicine and Fertility with Dr Nina
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel and one of the co-founders of Tinto, Dr Hannah Allen, speak about functional medicine and its role to support fertility and compliment IVF treatment. We talk about how nutrition and stress can hugely impact fertility and how lifestyle changes and a holistic approach, through functional and integrative medicine, can help you conceive. The key is treating the root cause of conditions often overlooked by conventional medicine. We cover poly cystic ovaries syndrome (PCOS) and how important early diagnosis is to help prevent further problems down the line. And finally, talk about hormones and that suffering in your c...
2020-08-13
49 min
ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL ...
Good Guts, Root Causes, and Healing with Dr Nina Fuller Shavel
An honest conversation with Dr Nina Fuller Shavel, we talk about her journey with Cancer, which helped discover her love of Functional Medicine after working as a Hospital Doctor.Dr Nina specialises in Gut Health, Hormones, and Women's Health, Nina shares some insightful tips and tools that will help you to be mindful with you're health and happiness.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/onesizedoesnotfitall/message
2020-08-12
57 min