Bringing you closer to experts in precision women's health and integrative oncology, as well as sharing stories from the award-winning Synthesis Clinic and beyond of real-life resilience, connection, and transformation. The Synthesis Clinic podcast is co-hosted by Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, an Oxbridge-trained medical doctor and scientist with over a decade’s experience in integrative health, and Octavia Hamilton, a musculoskeletal physiotherapist with a keen interest in women’s health and cance ...
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A Year in Review with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel and Octavia Hamilton
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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 …
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Integrating psychology and nutrition with Dr Emma Weymouth
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Cannabinoids - A personalised integrative approach with Dr Dani Gordon
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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 …
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Scar work for breast cancer with Emma Holly
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In this episode Octavia Hamilton speaks with Emma Holly, a leading scar massage therapist, educator and researcher who takes us through the full holistic approach to scar care that is becoming common practice and encouraged as part of your recovery process. About Octavia Hamilton: Octavia Hamilton is a musculoskeletal physiotherapist with a keen in…
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Breast cancer surgery choices with Dr Tasha Gandamihardja
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In this episode, Octavia Hamilton talks to Dr Tasha Gandamihardja, a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon. They discuss different options of surgery and reconstruction (if desired) during and after breast cancer treatment and how other breast cancer therapies can impact surgery choices. About Dr Tasha Dr Tasha Gandamihardja is a Breast Cancer and …
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Yoga and breathwork for cancer support with Vicky Fox & Sophie Trew
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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 Octavi…
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Meet our network - trauma informed yoga for mothers
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In this episode we introduce you to one of our referral network partners, Kelly Thistlethwaite. Kelly is a yoga and breathwork practitioner specialising in supporting women with perinatal trauma (trauma around birth) and following pregnancy loss. About Kelly: Kelly helps women to feel safe in the world again, to find connection, to build resilience…
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Nutrition and lifestyle in fertility support with Sandra Greenbank
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In this episode Octavia Hamilton and Dr Amy Shacaluga talk with Sandra Greenbank about the role of nutrition and lifestyle in fertility support. We hope this information will benefit many individuals who are seeking to start a family. About Sandra Greenbank With 12 years experience as a nutritional therapist working with clients across the UK, Euro…
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Colour, creativity and flow with Dr Deanna Minich
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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: De…
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Meet our network - health coaching for women’s health
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In this episode we introduce you to Dr Jen Cooney, an expert health physiologist and certified health coach. She has a long and varied career, working predominantly in research and academia with a focus on supporting health and wellbeing in people with chronic disease. About Dr Jen Cooney Dr Jen is a health physiologist, University Lecturer and Res…
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Building resilience and supporting immune regulation with Dr Jenna Macciocchi
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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 o…
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Changing healthcare paradigms from medical school with Maria Gresham
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In this episode Octavia Hamilton and Dr Amy Shacaluga talk with Maria Gresham, who is a fourth year medical student and a former Synthesis Clinic patient. Through her personal experiences, Maria has become passionate about integrative medicine, and in this episode we discuss how this has impacted her training and development as a doctor. About Mari…
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Importance of lifestyle in mental health with Dr Charlotte Marriott
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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 h…
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Meditation for modern women with Laura Coleman
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In this episode of the Synthesis Clinic Podcast, Octavia Hamilton talks to Laura Coleman, the founder of Be.Modern Meditation about the benefits of mindfulness and meditation and how to incorporate these approaches into our lives. About Laura Coleman: Laura Coleman is an established and highly regarded expert in the field of meditation and the foun…
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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 (multi…
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Integrative care for metastatic colorectal cancer - a patient’s story
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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 treatmen…
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Integrative oncology - collaboration and empowerment with Dr Penny Kechagioglou
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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 resilien…
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Integration in Women's Health - Meet the Team
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In this episode, we will be introducing you to key members of our multidisciplinary women’s health team at Synthesis Clinic, starting with Octavia Hamilton, the clinic’s physiotherapist and the co-host of this podcast. We will then meet Dr Amy Shacaluga, consultant gynaecologist passionate about personalised approaches to women’s health, and wrap u…
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Supporting Trauma Recovery with Dr Cheryl Cross
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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 …
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Introduction to Synthesis Clinic, precision health and integrative medicine
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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 st…
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