Speakers: Subarna Chakravorty
Dr Subarna Chakravorty is a Paediatric Haematologist with a special interest in non-malignant haematology and stem cell transplant for haemoglobinopathy and non-malignant diseases. She joined King's College Hospital as consultant in July 2015. Prior to that, Subarna led the Paediatric Haemoglobinopathy service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the Imperial Paediatric Red Cell Disorders Network for 5 years, where she was also involved in the bone marrow transplant programme for paediatric haemoglobinopathy. Since 2021, Subarna has been involved in the adult sickle cell bone marrow transplant service at King's College Hospital.
Subarna was the national lead for the UK Haemoglobinopathy Peer Reviews, 2018-2020. She is one of the clinical leads at the Southeast London and South East England Region Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centre for Sickle Cell disease and the acting chair of the Clinical Reference Group for haemoglobinopathy, NHS England. She is a trustee of the British Society for Haematology and the UK Forum on Haemoglobin Disorders. Subarna is interested in clinical and molecular research in sickle cell disease and is involved in a number of projects at King's College London.