Dr. Ian Harley

Biography
Dr Ian Harley BSc MD FRCOG

Ian Harley is a Consultant Gynecological Oncologist at the Northern Ireland Regional Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital.

He graduated in Medicine from the Queen’s University of Belfast in 1993, entering the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) training program in the Northern Ireland Deanery in 1995. In 2003-2006 he left Northern Ireland to train as a Gynecological Oncologist at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ian was awarded a Postgraduate Medical Doctorate (MD) from the Queen’s University, Belfast in 2008 and appointed a Consultant Gynecological Oncologist at the Belfast City Hospital in 2008. In 2013 he was awarded an Honorary Lectureship at the Queen’s University Belfast and is a member of the Ovarian Cancer research group at the University’s Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology. He is the UWI / IGCS International Mentor.

Ian’s interests include Minimal Access Surgery in Gynecology and Oncology, Hereditary Gynecological Cancers and Translational Research in Ovarian Cancer. He is a member of Faculty for the Olympus Minimal Access Surgery Fellowship. He has many journal publications and presents at regional, national and international meetings.

Despite all of the above, Ian’s main interest is his family – wife Kim and two sons: Angus and Callum. Ian’s passion – spending as much free time sailing, travelling and skiing with his family and friends.