Dr Prem Mahendra MD, FRCP, FRCPath, Consultant Haemato-Oncologist
Dr Mahendra provides an exemplary and outstanding private haematology service at the Priory Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Please contact 0121 446 1761 or sheena.collins@uhb.nhs.uk or maria.harvey@circlehealthcare.co.uk
Prem, Sri Lankan born and a 3rd generation doctor (both her parents and grandfathers are/were doctors) with time based in London attended a St Barnabas and St Philip’s School, Kensington, Ladies College, Colombo and St Catherine’s Senior School in Twickenham. She trained in haematology at the Royal Marsden, Hammersmith and Addenbrookes 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 largest bone marrow transplant centre in the UK and performs approximately 325 transplants per year.
Her areas of clinical interests are care of patients with leukaemia, myeloma and lymphoma and those undergoing autologous, allogeneic stem cell transplantation and CAR-T therapy. 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:
- Examiner Royal College of Pathology
- GMC Associate
- Medical Advisory Panel Lymphoma Action
Her past roles include:
- Associate Medical Director Oct 2013 – January 2020
- Chair Haematology Training Committee, West Midlands – Nov 2005 – February 2013
- Regional Specialty Advisor in Haematology – Oct 2006 – February 2013
- Medical Advisory Panel of Lymphoma Association
- Examiner for Royal College of Pathology
- Reviewer for Cancer Help UK
- Divisional Director Jan 2007 – Oct 2013
- Chair – Haematology Site Specific Group, Pan Birmingham Cancer Network June 2001-Sept 2003
- Clinical Service Lead in Haematology April 1999-July 2006
- Lead Clinician in Haemato-Oncology Feb 1998-July 2006
- Lead Cancer Clinician, UHB NHS FT Nov 2004 – Nov 2006
“Where do I start? Words do not express sufficiently the gratitude we all feel. You are without an element of doubt an expert within your field. You have given us our daughters life back and we are forever indebted to you. “
Membership of societies:
Fellow Royal College of Physicians
Fellow Royal College of Pathologists
British Society of Haematology
American Society for Hematology
British Society for Blood of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
