Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Gynaecological Oncology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
Research interests
Ms Kaushik’s research interests include assessment of the quality of care received by women with gynaecological cancer (MD Thesis) and the treatment of precancerous lesions of the vulva (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24596022). She is actively involved in recruiting patients into suitable clinical trials to forward research into the early diagnosis or treatment of women’s cancers. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to book chapters.
Personal interests
Baking, going to the cinema and eating out.
Awards received
2014 Cobalt Appeal Grant (in support of MD thesis)
2014 NCRI research prize for best abstract.
2014 NCRI Travelling Fellowship Award
2012 Severn Deanery Travelling Fellowship Award
Languages spoken
English
Publications
1. Medical and surgical interventions for the treatment of usual-type vulval intraepithelial neoplasia.
Lawrie TA, Nordin A, Chakrabarti M, Bryant A, Kaushik S, Pepas L.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Jan 5;1:CD011837. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011837.pub2. Review. PMID: 26728940
2. Medical interventions for high-grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia.
Pepas L, Kaushik S, Nordin A, Bryant A, Lawrie TA.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Aug 18;8:CD007924. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007924.pub3. Review. PMID: 26284429
3. Severely calcified peritoneal metastases masquerading as retained barium on CT scan.
Joshi D, Kaushik S, Larsen-Disney P, Bush J.
BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Aug 3;2015. pii: bcr2015211487. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211487. PMID: 26240110
4. Surgical interventions for high-grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia.
Kaushik S, Pepas L, Nordin A, Bryant A, Dickinson HO.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 4;3:CD007928. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007928.pub3. Review. PMID: 24596022
5. The use of laparostomy in patients with gynecologic cancer: first report from a UK cancer center.
Kaushik S, Akhter K, Rufford B, Ind TE, Kolomainen DF, Butler J, Barton DP. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2013 Jun;23(5):951-5. doi: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31829169fc. PMID: 23571659
6. A detailed immunohistochemical analysis of 2 cases of papillary cystadenoma of the broad ligament: an extremely rare neoplasm characteristic of patients with von hippel-lindau disease.
Brady A, Nayar A, Cross P, Patel A, Naik R, Lee S, Kaushik S, Barton D, McCluggage WG. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2012 Mar;31(2):133-40. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e318228f577. PMID: 22317868
7. Medical interventions for high grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia. Pepas L, Kaushik S, Bryant A, Nordin A, Dickinson HO.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Apr 13;(4):CD007924. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007924.pub2. Review. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;8:CD007924. PMID: 21491403
8. Surgical interventions for high grade vulval intraepithelial neoplasia.
Kaushik S, Pepas L, Nordin A, Bryant A, Dickinson HO.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Jan 19;(1):CD007928. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007928.pub2. Review. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;3:CD007928. PMID: 21249698
Courses offered to GPs
Women's Health Day: Ovarian cancer - early recognition and diagnosis. 6th of February, 2016
Management of postmenopausal bleeding, March 2017
