Fuller-Shavel, Nina (Dr )

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Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel

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Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an award-winning Oxbridge-trained integrative medicine doctor, scientist and educator with over a decade’s experience in integrative healthcare. Alongside her scientific and medical training, Dr Fuller-Shavel holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, functional medicine (IFMCP), health coaching (FMCA), herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches, from mistletoe therapy and oncothermia to medical cannabis.

Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is the founder and Director of Synthesis Clinic, an innovative multidisciplinary practice in Berkshire, specialising in integrative cancer care and integrative cancer pain care. The Synthesis Clinic team led by Dr Nina offers a broad integrative medicine toolkit to provide personalised and targeted support to clients with a cancer diagnosis, from nutrition, supplementation and lifestyle plans to physiotherapy, scar therapy, emotional wellbeing support, herbal medicine, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), medical cannabis, mistletoe therapy, oncothermia and advanced testing, including genetic, microbiome and nutritional assessments and liquid biopsies.

The Synthesis Clinic uses a truly integrated approach where members of our multidisciplinary team meet regularly to discuss our approach to each individual and to ensure everybody in the team is united in supporting the person impacted by cancer and their needs and goals.

Alongside her clinical work, Dr Fuller-Shavel is a guest lecturer in integrative medicine for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and delivers independent educational courses for medical and nutrition professionals, including her Systems Approach to Cancer Programme. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel participates in research in integrative oncology and precision health, lectures extensively at conferences around the world and contributes to journal editorial boards (NMJ and IJIO) and guideline development panels nationally and internationally. Dr Fuller-Shavel is also a published textbook author and an expert integrative and supportive oncology abstract reviewer for international conferences and journals.

Finally, Dr Fuller-Shavel holds two integrative oncology non-profit roles as the CEO of the UK NCIO (National Centre for Integrative Oncology) charity and the Co-Founder and Director of Oncio CIC, supporting access to services in integrative oncology in the UK.

Dr Fuller-Shavel’s waiting list is currently limited to direct oncology referrals from their partners but other integrative oncology physicians on the Synthesis Clinic team are accepting new patients.

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MB BChir (Medicine) and MA Hons Natural Sciences (Cambridge)
Distinctions in MSc Precision Cancer Medicine and PG Dip Health Research (Oxford)
FBANT FRSA IFMCP DipIM DipAc DipCHM PGCert DipION RYT200

Precision Health & Integrative Medicine Doctor, Scientist and Educator

Specialisms:

Cancer Testing
Functional Medicine
Integrative Oncology
Medicinal Mushrooms
Nutritional Therapy for Cancer
Vitamin C Therapy
Acupuncture
Chinese Herbal Medicine
Medicinal Herbs
Mistletoe Therapy
Oncothermia / Hyperthermia
Medical Cannabis

Last Updated:18/10/2025

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Synthesis Clinic

6 Castle End Business Park, Castle End Road, Ruscombe, Reading, RG10 9XQ, UK England (SouthEast)

+44 1628 964 330 integrativeoncology@synthesisclinic.co.uk hello@synthesisclinic.co.uk https://www.synthesisclinic.co.uk

All therapies provided at this location:Please note: Not all therapies available at this location are necessarily provided by this provider.

Medicinal Herbs

Medicinal herbs refers to the use of plants for prevention and treatment of diseases.

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Oncology Nutrition

Nutritional therapists seek to ensure you are well nourished by your diet, and that you are fully absorbing and utilising the nutrients it provides.

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Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine is a systems biology–based approach that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease.

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Mistletoe Therapy

Mistletoe therapy was developed as an adjunct to cancer treatment in Switzerland in 1917-20, in the collaboration between Dr I Wegman MD and Dr Rudolf Steiner PhD (1861-1925).

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Cancer Testing

Tumour marker tests are chemicals made by tumour cells that can be detected in your blood.

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Medicinal Mushrooms

Many of the top-selling pharmaceutical products are derived from mushrooms and other fungi.

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Vitamin C Therapy

Vitamin C can be given intravenously as part of a programme of Metabolic Therapy.

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Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and involves the stimulation of special points on the body, known as acupuncture points, for therapeutic or preventive purposes.

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Chinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese Herbal Medicine is a part of Chinese Medicine (or TCM) incorporating other treatments such as Acupuncture, Tuina and Cupping.

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Hyperthermia

Hyperthermia is the application of concentrated therapeutic heat to treat cancer.

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Oncothermia

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Yoga Therapy for Cancer

Yoga Therapy can be used to manage symptoms and side effects and body terrain imbalances common in cancer.

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Oncology Exercise

Specialist exercise programmes designed to help support cancer patients during and after treatment.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

EFT is a practical self-help method that involves using the fingers to gently tap on the body's acupuncture points along the meridian lines of Chinese medicine.

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Cancer Coaching

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Medical Cannabis

The active ingredients, Cannabinoids, can affect cancer patients by reducing nausea, vomiting and pain and by stimulating appetite.

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