The University’s Professor Cheng-Hock Toh will take up his role as president of the British Society of Haematology after their annual meeting, which is being held in Liverpool this week.
As a professor of haematology, Professor Toh has a distinguished career as a clinician, researcher, educator and clinical leader. He currently leads the Sepsis Research Group at the University’s Institute of Infection and Global Health and is clinical director of haematology at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. He is also NIHR National Lead in Haematology.
He has been a member of the society for 26 years and was elected vice-president last year. His presidency term will last two years, during which he aims to continue to integrate the practice of haematology into the very heart of medicine.
Professor Toh said: “I want to be seen as an inclusive president who celebrates the achievements of a diverse specialty that is central to the practice of medicine. As haematologists, we integrate our clinical and laboratory skills into the breadth and depth of medicine, eg: from treating common anaemias to preventing life-threatening blood clots and establishing safer transfusion practice as well as improving surgical outcomes.
“I will showcase the value that haematologists bring to the NHS in its important 70th year. BSH will be 60 years old in 2020 and we will be celebrating a specialty that is innovative, research active and always pushing at the frontiers of science, such as gene therapy and gene editing.”
The BSH annual meeting is in Liverpool from 16-18 April, click here for more details. http://www.bshconferences.co.uk/for-delegates/registration-and-accommodation/registration/