Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) specialist centres
There are a number of UK centres with a specialist interest in treating patients with MDS, some of which are recognised as Centres of Excellence.
You can request to be referred to these specialist centres for an additional opinion. The referral request can be made via your GP or your local haematologist. These referrals are particularly helpful for the more complex MDS cases, or if you feel that the care or information you are receiving is not sufficient for your needs.
Additional opinions are sought by many patients across the UK. These are perfectly reasonable requests, given that MDS is a rare and complex disease.
The specialist centres include:
England
King’s College Hospital, London
Professor Ghulam Mufti (international expertise), Dr Austin Kulasekararaj
St James’s Institute of Oncology, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds
Professor David Bowen (international expertise)
Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth
Dr Sally Killick
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Professor Charles Craddock, Dr Manoj Raghavan
Brighton and Sussex University Hospital, Brighton
Dr Tim Chevassut
MRC Laboratory, Addenbrookes NHS Trust, Cambridge
Professor Alan Warren
Radcliffe Hospitals and University of Oxford
Professor Paresh Vyas
The Christie, Manchester
Dr Dan Wiseman
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, Newcastle
Dr Gail Jones
Nottingham University Hospital
Dr Rohini Radia
Great Western Hospital, Swindon
Dr Alex Sternberg
Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
Dr Bryson Pottinger
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Juliet Mills
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
Professor Jamie Cavenagh
Northampton General Hospital, Northampton
Dr Jane Parker
University Hospital Southampton, Southampton
Dr Chris Dalley
Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, Hull
Dr Simone Green
Scotland
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen
Dr Dominic Culligan
Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow
Dr Mark Drummond
Wales
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Dr Jonathan Kell, Dr Wendy Ingram
Ireland
Tallaght Hospital, Dublin
Dr Helen Enright
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