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British hematologist
Shireen Kassam
Born 1975 Occupation Hematologist
Shireen Amirali Kassam (born 1975) is a British
haematologist ,
lifestyle medicine physician and promoter of whole food
plant-based nutrition . She is the founder of Plant-Based Health Professionals UK.
Biography
Kassam qualified as a doctor in 2000.
[1] She obtained a PhD at the
University of London in 2011 on the role of
selenium in sensitizing cancer cells to chemotherapy.
[1] She became a member of the
Royal College of Physicians in 2003 and a fellow of the
Royal College of Pathologists in 2008.
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Kassam is a Consultant Haematologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at
King's College Hospital .
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[4] She is a visiting professor at
University of Winchester where she developed the UK's first university course on plant-based nutrition. She is a certified lifestyle medicine physician.
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Kassam founded Plant-Based Health Professionals UK in 2018, a non-profit organization that provides education on whole food plant-based nutrition for prevention and management of chronic disease.
[1] Kassam is on the Research Advisory Committee of the
Vegan Society .
[4] She has co-authored Eating Plant-Based and the textbook Plant-Based Nutrition in Clinical Practice , published by Hammersmith Books in 2022.
[7] She is a council member of
True Health Initiative .
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In 2022, Kassam argued that the
National Health Service would save billions if more people embraced a plant-based diet.
[9] She has written for
Reader's Digest and
The Independent .
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Personal life
Kassam has followed a whole food plant-based diet since 2013.
[3] She was a speaker at
VegfestUK 2022.
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Selected publications
Eating Plant-Based: Scientific Answers to Your Nutrition Questions (with Zahra Kassam, 2022)
Plant-Based Nutrition in Clinical Practice (with Zahra Kassam and Lisa Simon, 2022)
References
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"About Us" . Plant-Based Health Professionals . 2024.
Archived from the original on May 13, 2024.
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"Shireen Kassam, MD" . Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine . 2024.
Archived from the original on May 13, 2024.
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"Professor Shireen Kassam" . Unviversity of Winchester . 2024.
Archived from the original on May 13, 2024.
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"Dr Shireen Kassam, MBBS, PhD, FRCPath, dipIBLM" . Vegan Society . 2024.
Archived from the original on May 13, 2024.
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"Lifestyle medicine for improving health & wellbeing – a presentation by Dr Shireen Kassam" . MDS UK Patient Support Group . 2023.
Archived from the original on May 13, 2024.
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"Dr Shireen Kassam" . Open Access Government . 2023.
Archived from the original on June 10, 2023.
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"Dr Shireen Kassam" . Hammersmith Books .
Archived from the original on December 5, 2023.
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"Shireen Kassam" . True Health Initiative . 2023.
Archived from the original on October 1, 2023.
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"NHS Doctor Claims Vegan Diet Will Save UK's Embattled Health Sector £30 Billion" . Green Queen . 2022.
Archived from the original on March 27, 2023.
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"Dr Shireen Kassam" . Reader's Digest .
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"Dr Shireen Kassam" . The Independent .
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"Dr Shireen Kassam MBBS, PHD, FRCPATH, DIPIBLM" . Veg Fest . 2022.
Archived from the original on December 6, 2023.
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