Professor Paul Ellis studied medicine at Otago University in New Zealand before completing his fellowship in Medical Oncology and his postgraduate Doctor of Medicine research degree at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. During this time he was awarded the inaugural ASCO Fellowship Award in 1996. He took up his present post in 1997. Between 2003 and 2005 he was Head of Medical Oncology at Guy's & St Thomas' and is currently Medical Director for the South East London Cancer Network.