Centre Director
KD Comprehensive Care Haemophilia Centre, Royal Free Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Pratima Chowdary is a Professor of Haemophilia and Haemostasis at University College London and Haemophilia Centre Director at the Katharine Dormandy Haemophilia & Thrombosis Centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London, UK. She is Chair of the UK Haemophilia Centre Doctors Organisation and co-director of the UK National Haemophilia Database.
She is a haematologist with more than 20 years of experience and specialises in the management of patients with inherited and acquired bleeding and thrombotic disorders. Dr Chowdary has been the chief investigator for many academic and commercial clinical trials, including gene therapy and other novel treatments for severe haemophilia.
She received her MBBS and MD from Osmania Medical College, India. She completed her specialist training in Haemostasis and Thrombosis at University College London Hospital, Great Ormand Street Hospital for Sick Children in London and University Hospital of Wales. She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including textbook chapters and has served as chair of working parties, data safety monitoring boards and trial steering committees.
Dr Chowdary is a member of numerous professional societies, including the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, the British Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, the European Association of Allied Bleeding Disorders and the World Federation of Haemophilia