Sally Barrington
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Nuclear Medicine
Email address: sally.barrington@kcl.ac.uk
Contact details of PA: Catherine Barrett, Secretary extn 84988
Qualifications
MBBS MSc FRCP FRCR MD
Biography
My post involves delivering high quality, busy PET-CT and clinical Nuclear Medicine services. My PET-CT experience includes applications in oncology, neurology, cardiology and infection/inflammation using a variety of tracers including 18F, 18 F FDG, 13N ammonia and 11C methionine. I have an interest in paediatric PET and am the author of UK guidelines on the use of PET-CT in children and co-author of European guidelines in the use of PET-CT for paediatric patients in oncology. My work with Prof O’Doherty and Dr Warbey also members of the Division resulted in a revision of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Dosage Card with lower recommended minimum doses for children for FDG imaging. I am interested in radiation protection and my research on doses received by families and members of the public following radioiodine therapy for patients has guided UK practice and is cited in European guidance, IRMER 2000 and the UK medical and dental guidance notes. I enjoy teaching and the 2nd edition of my Atlas in Clinical PET is a well-used textbook and was awarded the First Prize for Radiology in the British Medical Book Competition 2006. I represent the RCP on the Joint Standing Committee and the Intercollegiate Standing Committees on Nuclear Medicine. I am a member of the NCRI lymphoma studies group.
Research interests
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Response assessment using PET
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in lymphoma – central reviewer for RAPID, RATHL and R-CHOP PET substudy trials in patients with HL and NHL and in international validation study in HL in solid tumours including methods of assessment quantitative vs visual assessment
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Standardisation of PET QC, acquisition and reporting criteria for multicenter trials
Group members
I interact with all clinical and research staff in the PET Centre and Imaging Sciences.
Teaching responsibility
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Involved in BSc Imaging Sciences, MSc Nuclear Medicine
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Training of SpRs in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology and visiting Consultants and IAEA sponsored Doctors in Nuclear Medicine and PET-CT
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Regular lecturer on courses run by Royal Society of Medicine, British Institute of Radiology and Royal College of Radiologists
NHS liaison and relationships
I interact with many Clinical Colleagues who refer to PET and Nuclear Medicine but especially with Clinical Haematology Colleagues in my lymphoma trial work and with Thoracic Oncology and Surgical Colleagues in my role as core member of the lung MDT.
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