Dr Karin Hellner

Consultant gynaecologist in London & Oxfordshire

MD PhD

GMC: 7094959

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Dr Karin Hellner is a well-respected and highly-accomplished consultant gynaecologist in London and Oxford who specialises in colposcopy, human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cytology alongside abnormal smear tests and dyskaryosis. She privately practises at 132 Harley Street and GenesisCare Oxford and her NHS base is Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Hellner has an impressive educational history, with an MD and PhD from the Charité - Medical Faculty at Humboldt-University of Berlin in Germany Humboldt-University of Berlin. She went on to split her specialist training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology between the Charité in Berlin and Oxford. She also spent four years as a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, USA. Here she worked on the molecular mechanisms of how HPV causes cancers and how to treat them.

Dr Hellner, who also gives advice on HPV vaccination, vaginal and cervical diseases, is also a prominent name in gynaecological education. She joined the world renowned University of Oxford as a clinical lecturer in 2011 and was appointed as a Senior Fellow in Women's Health at the Nuffield Department of Reproductive & Women's Health in 2017.

Dr Hellner leads an HPV research group at the University of Oxford which is focussed on development and trials of novel immunotherapies for HPV and cervical dysplasia. Her work has been featured in various peer-reviewed journals.

She is an expert reviewer for leading UK charity Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, and other media content, a board member of the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP) and an accredited colposcopy trainer. Dr Hellner is also a member of the International Papillomavirus Society.

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GMC: ‍7094959

Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant gynaecologist, 132 Harley Street
• Consultant gynaecologist. GenesisCare Oxford
• Clinical lead for colposcopy and Honorary consultant gynaecologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Sub-specialties

• Cervical screening
• Dyskaryosis

Education

• PhD, Charité - Medical Faculty, Humboldt-University of Berlin (2000 - 2006)
• MD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1997 - 2003)

Publications and conferences

• A multi-genotype therapeutic human papillomavirus vaccine elicits potent T cell responses to conserved regions of early proteins
Dorrell L. et al, (2019), Scientific Reports
• Therapeutic HPV vaccines
Hancock G. et al, (2018), Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 47, 59 - 72
• Recent advances in understanding and preventing human papillomavirus-related disease
Hellner K. and Dorrell L., (2017), F1000Research, 6, 269 - 269
• Human Papillomaviruses As Therapeutic Targets in Human Cancer
Hellner K. and Münger K., (2011), Journal of Clinical Oncology, 29, 1785 - 1794

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Prizes and awards

• Best Oral Presentation Prize, British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP) Annual Scientific meeting (2022)
• Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School (OUCAGS) Travel Grant for Clinical Lecturer (2015)
• Career Development Grant, OUCAGS (2015)
• DNA Tumour Virus Conference Grant (2010)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Basic research at Harvard Medical School, German Research Foundation (DFG) (2007 - 2008)

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Professional membership

• British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP)
• International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS)
• British Medical Association (BMA)

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Languages spoken

English
German