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.