The Synthesis Clinic Podcast
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 cancer rehabilitation.
Episodes
20 episodes
A Year in Review with Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel and Octavia Hamilton
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 N...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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40:49
Integrating psychology and nutrition with Dr Emma Weymouth
In this episode, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel speaks to Dr Emma Weymouth who offers a wonderful combination of clinical psychology and nutritional therapy. We discuss the importance of considering the whole person picture in supporting mental we...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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35:07
Cannabinoids - A personalised integrative approach with Dr Dani Gordon
In this episode Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel speaks with Dr Dani Gordon about cannabinoids and their uses in a bro...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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40:44
Scar work for breast cancer with Emma Holly
In this episode Octavia Hamilton speaks with Emma Holly, a leading scar massage therapist, educator and researcher w...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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37:38
Breast cancer surgery choices with Dr Tasha Gandamihardja
In this episode, Octavia Hamilton talks to Dr Tasha Gandamihardja, a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon. Th...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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28:22
Yoga and breathwork for cancer support with Vicky Fox & Sophie Trew
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
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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46:50
Meet our network - trauma informed yoga for mothers
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 wo...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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29:43
Nutrition and lifestyle in fertility support with Sandra Greenbank
In this episode Octavia Hamilton and Dr Amy Shacaluga talk with Sandra Greenbank about the role of nutrition and l...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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28:31
Colour, creativity and flow with Dr Deanna Minich
In this episode, Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel speaks with Dr Deanna Minich, a nutrition scientist and international lecturer, teacher and auth...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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41:35
Meet our network - health coaching for women’s health
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 res...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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29:12
Building resilience and supporting immune regulation with Dr Jenna Macciocchi
In this episode Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel talks with Dr Jenna Macciochi, a leading immunologist with a special interest i...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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54:35
Changing healthcare paradigms from medical school with Maria Gresham
In this episode Octavia Hamilton and Dr Amy Shacaluga talk with Maria Gresham, who is a fourth year medical ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:17
Importance of lifestyle in mental health with Dr Charlotte Marriott
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:12
Meditation for modern women with Laura Coleman
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.Abo...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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35:17
Integrative cancer care - meet the team
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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48:41
Integrative care for metastatic colorectal cancer - a patient’s story
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 canc...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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21:39
Integrative oncology - collaboration and empowerment with Dr Penny Kechagioglou
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 o...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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30:02
Integration in Women's Health - Meet the Team
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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43:26
Supporting Trauma Recovery with Dr Cheryl Cross
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 theori...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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54:20
Introduction to Synthesis Clinic, precision health and integrative medicine
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 wh...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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