Consultants

Qualifications:

BSc Med Sci (hons) MBChB FRCP FRCPath MD (Res)

Special Interests:

Stem cell transplantation, Graft-versus-host disease, Chronic Myeloid leukaemia

Biography

Dr Fiona Dignan is a consultant in haemato-oncology and has been clinical lead for haematology since 2015. Her main clinical interests are acute leukaemia, chronic myeloid leukaemia and allogeneic transplantation. She undertook her haematology training at The Royal Marsden in London and developed a research interest in post-transplant complications including infection and graft-versus-host disease. She undertook an MD research degree from University College London on novel strategies for managing graft-versus-host disease which has led to a number of national and international presentations and peer-reviewed journal articles. She is the lead author of national clinical practice guidelines on graft-versus-host disease, respiratory viral infections and veno-occlusive disease following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. She is treasurer of the British Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and has been a member of the working party for the National Institutes of Health consensus project on chronic graft-versus-host disease. She is also a member of the British and American Societies for Haematology and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. She represents the north of England on the clinical reference group for bone marrow transplantation.

Contact Details

PA: 0161 276 5052