Mr Joseph Yazbek
Consultant Gynaecological Oncology Surgeon
Speaker's biography
Joseph Yazbek is a consultant gynaecological oncology surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust and an honorary clinical senior lecturer at Imperial College London.
He is an experienced practitioner of complex open and minimally invasive surgery for malignant and benign gynaecological conditions. He has a special interest in fertility sparing surgery and in the use of intraoperative ultrasound guidance for optimal fertility preservation. He is the lead surgeon for complex Caesarean sections including abnormal placentation and previous complicated pelvic surgery at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital.
His primary research interest is in revolutionising the pathways of managing women with suspected gynaecological cancers. He is also interested in the preoperative differentiation between benign, borderline and invasive ovarian tumours. He continues to investigate the use of intraoperative ultrasound in various areas of gynaecological malignancies, including recurrent borderline ovarian tumours and gestational trophoblastic disease.