Dr Prem Mahendra is the leading private consultant haemato-oncologist in the West Midlands. For more than 25 years she has been providing an unparalleled, empathetic and efficient service for patients with blood cancer, and is passionate about delivering outstanding care. All private patients are seen at the Priory Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham. From January 2024 patients can also be seen at the new Harborne Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
She is an NHS consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
Areas of expertise are care of patients with:
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Myeloma
- Acute myeloid and lymphoblastic leukaemia
- Chronic lymphocytic and myeloid leukaemia
- Myelodysplasia
- Myeloproliferative disorder
- Waldenstroms macroglobulinaemia
And those undergoing:
- Autologous stem cell transplantation
- Allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
- CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor-T-cell therapy)



Latest News
Update on mantle cell lymphoma 15 October 2023
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Priory Hospital treats first patient with Teclistamab a bispecific antibody treatment for myeloma.
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Myeloma Treatment – “remarkably effective” in the treatment of myeloma
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Hodgkin Lymphoma? A new standard of care for advanced stage patients
For decades the standard treatment for patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma has been combination chemotherapy with either ABVD or escalated BEACOPP. Approximately 5 years ago...
Exciting new treatment for diffuse-large B-cell lymphoma approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
In July 2023 the EMA approved Glofitamab, one of the most potent single drugs available for the treatment of relapsed/refractory DLBCL. Glofitamab is a CD20xCD3...
Diffuse-large B-cell lymphoma – Ground breaking new treatment available for relapsed/refractory patients
For over 30-years autologous stem cell transplantation has been the standard of care for patients with relapsed diffuse-large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The international Zuma-7 trial...