Dr John Conibear graduated from the University Hospital of Wales in 2001 and completed his post-graduate general medical training in The Barts and The London Training rotation in 2006.
Before gaining his substantive post as a consultant clinical oncologist in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in 2014, he completed a 2-year fellowship with the NCRI Radiotherapy Trials Quality Assurance Group in Mount Vernon Hospital. During his fellowship he conducted research into techniques to improve clinician target outlining during radiotherapy planning and was subsequently awarded a MD(Res) from UCL in 2018.
Dr Conibear is currently the clinical director for thoracic and neuro-oncology in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and, the oncology clinical lead for the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA).
Dr Conibear specialises in all the non-surgical treatments for both breast and lung cancers and has a specialist interest in stereotactic radiotherapy. He is trained in using the ViewRay MRIdian MRI-guided linac, Accuray Cyberknife and Leksell Icon Gamma Knife platforms for delivering both intra- and extra-cranial stereotactic radiotherapy.