Dr David Feuer

Dr David Feuer is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Barts NHS Trust, and The Homerton University NHS Foundation Trust. He was appointed in 2000. He is Clinical Director in Palliative Medicine at Barts Health (responsible for 5 hospitals and Medical staff) , Medical lead at The Homerton and was also the Lead Cancer Clinician at The Homerton University Hospital from 2000 to 2021. His major interests include pathophysiology and the diagnosis and treatment of malignant intestinal obstruction, with a passion for adequate palliative care and pain relief for all patients at any stage of their illness. Dr Feuer is a graduate of The University of Southampton with degrees in Molecular Biology and Medicine, and after training in a range of London hospitals, he became Senior Registrar & Research Fellow at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust. In this post he undertook a systematic review of The Management of Intestinal Obstruction due to advanced Gynaecological and Intestinal Cancer, funded by the NHS Executive Research and Development Fund. Together with teaching focusing on the need for critical appraisal of the literature, Dr Feuer has made many presentations to local, national & international meetings, most notably as invited expert speaker to the NIH meeting in Los Angeles in 2004. Numerous papers have also resulted from his work, published in the specialist professional literature covering the fields of palliative medicine, general surgery, specialised gynecological oncology, and oncology. Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments Diagnosis and treatment of malignant intestinal obstruction Palliative medicine pain (malignant and non malignant) Pathophysiology Diagnosis and treatment of malignant intestinal obstruction

Publication last 10 years Jana Jeyakumar andDavid Feuer : Palliative Care in Urological Oncology, 2nd edition. Editors: Vinod Nargund, Derek Raghaven, Howard M. Sandler: October 2012   Jana Jeyakumar and David Feuer: Palliative Care in Urological Oncology for Nurses. Editors Vinod Nargund, Bruce Turner, Lawrence Drudge-Coates. Planned Publication Q2 2013   The Management of pain in people with a past or current history of addiction Research team, National Addiction Centre.  Member of Steering Committee   Cousins SE, Tempest E, Feuer DJ. Surgery for the resolution of symptoms in malignant bowel obstruction in advanced gynaecological and gastrointestinal cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015 , Issue 12 . Art. No.: CD002764. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002764.pub2   AGorringe, D Feuer.   Rapid Discharge Home To Die Foundation Years Journal; May 2016 , 10: 5,  33 - 37   V Potter, D Feuer. Nerve Blocks in Palliative care Foundation Years Journal; December 2017 , 11: 10, 30-35   A Bradley, R Newell, D Feuer. Legal and Ethical Considerations for Junior Doctors Caring for Patients at the End of Life FoundationYears Journal; July 2018:12: 7, 41- 46   Claude Chidiac, , David Feuer,  Jane Naismith,  et al. Emergency Palliative Care Planning and Support in a COVID-19 Pandemic;  Journal of Palliative Medicine ; Volume23, Number 6, 2020   Chidiac, Claude; Feuer, David; Flatley M  et al, The need for early referral to palliative care especially for Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in a COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a service evaluation. Palliat Med ; 2020 Oct;34(9):1241-1248. doi:10.1177/0269216320946688. Epub 2020 Jul 31   Claude Chidiac, Luigi Sedda, , Catherine Walshe, , David Feuer, , Mary Flatley, , Anna Rodgerson, and Nancy Preston:  Improving hospital palliative care between COVID-19 waves: A retrospective cohort evaluation