Dr Sophie Barrett

Dr Sophie Barrett is a consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in treating patients with breast cancer. She looks after patients receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT), such as chemotherapy, endocrine therapy (hormone treatment), immunotherapy and targeted therapies. She is also working to improve the management of long-term breast cancer treatment toxicities, particularly menopausal symptoms.

Dr Barrett is the network lead for breast cancer in the West of Scotland and she is the clinical chair of the national breast cancer Clinical Management Pathways editorial group. She is also an educational supervisor for medical oncology trainees, a clinical appraiser and she is a recognised Greater Glasgow and Clyde mentor.

Dr Barrett trained in Cambridge and London before moving to Glasgow in 1997 to complete her medical oncology training. In 2005, she was awarded an MD by the University of Glasgow, for work analysing markers of chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer.

Her clinical practice covers the North-East Glasgow catchment area and she operates a Tuesday telephone clinic, a Wednesday in person clinic at Stobhill Hospital and a Thursday in person clinic at the Beatson Cancer Centre. She shares her practice with the Consultant Clinical Oncologists Drs Stefan Nowicki and Archana Gadve and the Specialist Nurses Vicky Evans, Ruanne Devine, Fiona Shaw and Violet Scoular.