Qualification:
MD., MRCP.(UK), FRCPATH (HAEMATOLOGY)
Special Skills:
I GOT A DEANERY TRANSFER TO THE EAST-ANGLIA REGION (JAN' 15TH 2005) AND STARTED WORKING IN THE ADDENBROOKE'S HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE.
I BECAME A PART-TIME TRAINEE (60% JOB SHARE) FROM NOVEMBER 2007.
MY TRAINING IN ADDENBROOKES INVOLVES MANAGING PATIENTS IN ALL BRANCHES OF HAEMATOLOGY AND I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE TEAM LEADER AND KEY MEMBER IN BOTH THE IN-PATIENT AND OUT-PATIENT MANAGEMENT OF:
HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES INCLUDING ACUTE & CHRONIC LYMPHOID AND MYELOID MALIGNANCIES AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA, HAVING ALSO ENROLLED PATIENTS INTO PHASE II AND PHASE III CLINICAL TRIALS WHEN AVAILABLE.
MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS. THIS WORKING EXPERIENCE SAW ME TREATING PATIENTS WITH POLYCYTHAEMIA VERA, ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTOSIS, MYELOFIBROSIS AND RARER MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS SUCH AS SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS.
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES. THIS EXPERIENCE HAS SEEN ME MANAGING PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND APLASTIC ANAEMIA.
GENERAL NON-MALIGNANT HAEMATOLOGY INCLUDING MANAGEMENT OF HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AND CYTOPENIAS.
THROMBOPHILIAS, INCLUDING THROMBOPHILIC DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY, TOGETHER WITH ALL SORTS OF BOTH COMMON AND RARE BLEEDING DISORDERS.
BLOOD TRANSFUSION. I WAS AN ACTIVE KEY MEMBER OF BOTH THE HOSPITAL TRANSFUSION TEAM AND HOSPITAL TRANSFUSION COMMITTEE, ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE RESPECTIVE MEETINGS.
TRANSPLANT MEDICINE. I HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR IN- AND OUT-PATIENT CARE OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING BOTH AUTOLOGOUS AND ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS.
PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY. THIS ASSIGNMENT SAW ME INVOLVED IN MANAGING MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT PAEDIATRIC CASES.