A synthesis is a combination where separate ideas come together as one connected and complete whole.
Synthesis Clinic is a specialist-led practice where the very best of contemporary, cutting-edge precision medicine and precision health is interwoven with evidence-based nutrition, lifestyle, psycho-emotional wellbeing, and complementary therapies.
Founded by Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel, our clinic offers an award-winning personalised approach to women’s health and integrative cancer care, which champions empowerment with expertise and empathy at its core.
personalised healthcare DELIVERED BY AN EXPERT SPECIALIST-LED MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM
PRECISION HEALTH
Precision health takes into account differences in peopleʼs genes, environments and lifestyles and formulates wellbeing support, health promotion and disease treatment strategies based on the individualʼs unique backgrounds and conditions. At our clinic we use Functional Medicine as a part of our broader Precision Health approach.
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
Integrative Medicine is a model that synthesises the best of multiple therapeutic approaches, including conventional, psychological, lifestyle medicine and complementary medicine, within a multidisciplinary whole person-centred approach.
Our Director
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel
PRECISION HEALTH & INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE DOCTOR
DIRECTOR OF SYNTHESIS CLINIC, HEAD OF INTEGRATIVE CANCER CARE
MB BChir (Medicine) and MA Hons Natural Sciences (Cantab)
MSc Precision Cancer Medicine (Oxon)
FBANT FRSA IFMCP DipIM DipAc DipCHM PGCert DipION RYT200
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an award-winning Oxbridge-trained integrative medicine doctor, scientist and educator with over a decadeʼs experience in integrative healthcare. Dr Fuller-Shavel is a Fellow of both the College of Medicine and the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT). Alongside her scientific and medical training, Dr Nina Fuller- Shavel holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, functional medicine (IFMCP), health coaching (FMCA), herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches. Alongside her clinical work, Dr Fuller-Shavel regularly presents at conferences and delivers educational programmes for medical and nutrition professionals, as well as participating in research and contributing to editorial boards and guideline development panels nationally and internationally (recent publication here).
OUR specialty areas
women’s health
PMS and PMDD
Endometriosis
PCOS
Heavy or painful periods
Fertility, antenatal and postnatal support
Menopause/peri-menopause
Thyroid and adrenal dysfunction, e.g. hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, autoimmune thyroiditis
Hormone problems can often present as fatigue, weight and labile/low mood
As a part of our women’s health work, we also support mental wellbeing (low mood and anxiety) and work on gut health, including symptoms and conditions below:
Bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhoea or constipation
IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth)
GORD/reflux, gastritis
Integrative cancer CARE
We provide personalised multidisciplinary support before, during and after medical treatment for the following:
Breast cancer
Gynaecological cancers (endometrial, ovarian, cervical)
Other solid tumours, e.g. colorectal cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, thyroid cancer and more, including rare tumours, such as sarcomas and angiosarcomas
Stable haematological malignancy (blood cancer) patients (usually with referral from the medical care team)
Please note that our approach is to work alongside your medical team, improving resilience and quality of life, minimising the side effects of treatment whenever possible and supporting good clinical outcomes.
To find out more about our integrative cancer support philosophy, please read our Director’s blog here.