Biography
Dr Prem Mahendra MD, FRCP, FRCPath is Consultant Haemato-Oncologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
She trained in haematology at the Royal Marsden, Hammersmith and Addenbrokkes Hospitals and was appointed Consultant Haemato-Oncologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham in February 1998.
On her arrival there she set up the bone marrow transplant services, it is now the 2nd largest bone marrow transplant centre in the UK and performs approximately 175 transplants per year.
Her areas of clinical interests are care of patients with leukaemia, myeloma and lymphoma and those undergoing autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. She has a passionate desire to provide an excellent and prompt clinical service and instils this ethos in the several junior doctors who have trained and continue to train under her.
Her research interests are all related to clinical outcome of patients undergoing stem cell transplantation or having treatment for haematological malignancies. She has over 80 publications in peer reviewed journals.
Her other roles include:
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Her past roles include:
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She is a member of the Brtish Society for Haematology, the American Society for Haematology and the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
She sees NHS patients at the Centre for Clinical Haematology, Main Drive, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH. For appointments please contact:
Secretary Angel Woodcock
Tel: 00 44 121 627 2467
Fax: 00 44 121 371 4397
Email; angel.woodcock@uhb.nhs.uk
Private patients are seen either at the Priory Hospital, Priory Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5 7UG or at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. For appointments please contact:
Secretary Sheena Collins
Tel: 00 44 121 697 2443
Fax: 00 44 121 446 1764
Email: sheena.collins@uhb.nhs.uk
or Sr Julia Busby Haematology Sister at the Priory Hospital on 0121 446 1761, Fax: 0121 446 1764
If the referral is urgent Dr Mahendra can be contacted on prem.mahendra@uhb.nhs.uk or 07767 441478