Shireen Kassam | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) |
| Occupation | Hematologist |
Shireen Amirali Kassam (born 1975) is a Britishhaematologist,lifestyle medicine physician and promoter of whole foodplant-based nutrition. She is the founder of Plant-Based Health Professionals UK.
Kassam qualified as a doctor in 2000.[1] She obtained a PhD at theUniversity of London in 2011 on the role ofselenium in sensitizing cancer cells to chemotherapy.[1] She became a member of theRoyal College of Physicians in 2003 and a fellow of theRoyal College of Pathologists in 2008.[2]
Kassam is a Consultant Haematologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer atKing's College Hospital.[3][4] She is a visiting professor atUniversity of Winchester where she developed the UK's first university course on plant-based nutrition. She is a certified lifestyle medicine physician.[5][6]
Kassam founded Plant-Based Health Professionals UK in 2018, a non-profit organization that provides education on whole food plant-based nutrition for prevention and management of chronic disease.[1] Kassam is on the Research Advisory Committee of theVegan Society.[4] She has co-authoredEating Plant-Based and the textbookPlant-Based Nutrition in Clinical Practice, published by Hammersmith Books in 2022.[7] She is a council member ofTrue Health Initiative.[8]
In 2022, Kassam argued that theNational Health Service would save billions if more people embraced a plant-based diet.[9] She has written forReader's Digest andThe Independent.[10][11]
Kassam has followed a whole food plant-based diet since 2013.[3] She was a speaker atVegfestUK 2022.[12]
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