Healthcare Professional Advisory Panel
Our Healthcare Professional Advisory Panel (HPAP) is made up of specialists from across the UK working in haemato-oncology and related professional fields.
Aims of the panel
Panel members have significant experience in their specialty and will help us to deliver the most beneficial support to people affected by blood cancer and provide strategic leadership.
Panel members will:
- Ensure our information and service provision for patients are clinically accurate and ensure we continue to deliver products that best meet nthe needs of patient groups in a scalable and sustainable way
- Will help us understand the challenges faced by the HCP community, so that we can maximise our impact in supporting them to deliver the highest quality of blood cancer care.
- Influence how the system should change to improve survival, outcomes, and experience for blood cancer patients.
Meet the chairs
Professor Adrian Bloor
Consultant Haematologist at The Christie and a Honorary Clinical Professor at The University of Manchester. He specialises in CLL, lymphoid malignancies, stem cell transplantation, cellular therapies and clinical trials.
Professor Andrew Pettitt
Honorary Consultant Haematologist at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and Professor at the University of Liverpool. He has a longstanding interest in lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and manages the treatment of people with these conditions as well as carrying out research and teaching.
Could you be the next advisory panel Chair?
The tenure for the advisory panel Co-Chair has come to an end, and we're looking for a consultant haematologist and a senior specialist nurse to fill these positions.
Panel members
- Dr Carlos Gonzalez Arias, Consultant Haematologist at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust.
- Dr Clare Rowntree, Consultant Haematologist at University Hospital of Wales.
- Dr David Tucker, Consultant Haematologist at Royal Cornwall Hospital.
- Dr David Wrench, Consultant Haematologist at Guy's and St Thomas'.
- Dr Jennifer Richardson, GP in Southeast London.
- Dr Jennifer Travers, Consultant Haematologist at West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
- Dr John Jones, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Haematologist at Eastbourne District General Hospital
- Dr Kevin Boyd, Consultant Haematologist at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust.
- Dr Kirit Ardeshna, Consultant Haematologist and Divisional Clinical Director at UCLH
- Dr Mallika Sekhar, Consultant Haematologist at Royal Free Hospital & UCLH
- Dr Neil Phillips, Consultant Haematologist at University Hospitals of North Midlands.
- Dr Oonagh Sheehy, Consultant Haematologist at Belfast City Hospital in Northern Ireland.
- Dr Pam McKay, Consultant Haematologist at The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
- Dr Rasha Al-Qurainy, Clinical Lead and Consultant in Palliative Medicine at UCLH.
- Dr Raymond Dang, Consultant Haematologist at The James Cook University Hospital.
- Dr Rhian Fuge, Consultant Haematologist at Prince Philip Hospital.
- Dr Richard Dillon, Consultant Haematologist at Guy's and St Thomas' Dr Samir Agarwal, Consultant Haematologist at St Barts Hospital.
- Dr Steven Knapper, Consultant Haematologist at University Hospital of Wales.
- Professor Claire Harrison, Consultant Haematologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
- Professor Mhairi Copland, Professor of Translational Haematology at University of Glasgow and Consultant Haematologist at The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
- Professor Richard Cowan, Consultant in Clinical Oncology at The Christie.
- Professor Stephen O'brien, Consultant Haematologist at Northern Centre For Cancer Care.
- Bronagh McGoldrick, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board.
- Mary Tait, Specialist, Haematology Dietitian at St George’s Hospital.
The nurse representation of the panel is fulfilled by members of our nurses working group.
Our ambassador Camilla acts as our community voice, to make sure that people affected by blood cancer are at the heart of everything we do. If you are affected by blood cancer and would like to join, please get in touch.
How to join
We continue to seek clinical representation from healthcare professionals who are passionate about improving outcomes for the blood cancer community. We also need people affected by blood cancer to act as our community voice.
If you want to learn more or would like to join the panel, please get in touch today. We'd love to hear from you.
Our campaigns
We work with healthcare professionals, parliament and our blood cancer community to help raise awareness of blood cancer. Our campaigns aim to bring us closer to the day where no one dies of blood cancer or its treatment.
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