Asif Chaudry

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Dr Mohammed Asif Chaudry (born 1974, London) is a British surgical oncologist in training with an interest in gastrointestinal cancer.

He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford where he was awarded a scholarship and gained MA, BM BCh degrees from Oxford University with distinction. His subsequent postgraduate training was in Oxford and London at St. Mark's Hospital, Harefield, the Royal Free Hospital and University College London, gaining membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.^{[citation needed]}

His principal research interest is the pan-epithelial differentiation antigen EpCAM, its involvement in tumour establishment and metastasis as well as its potential as a target for immunotherapy.^[1]

He is the editor of the Oxford handbook of Surgical Oncology (Oxford University Press) and author of numerous chapters including EpCAM, in the Encyclopedia of Cancer (Springer).^{[citation needed]}

He was recently invited to chair of the cancer drug development session at the International Drug Discovery Science and Technology Conference, held in Xian, China in November 2007. ^[2]

Chaudry is affiliated^[3] and has worked on various relief projects with Doctors Worldwide ^[4]^[5]. He was one of the founders of the City Circle, Careers and Mentoring Project.^[6] ^[7]

He is the grandson of Chaudry Mohammad Aslam.^{[citation needed]}