Prof. Erik Klok is an Internist with a specialty in Vascular Medicine. He is a clinical staff member of the department of Medicine at the Leiden University Medical Center (Leiden, the Netherlands) and a visiting scientist at the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis of the University of Mainz (Mainz, Germany). His main research interests are diagnostic management of acute venous thrombosis as well as prediction and treatment of long-term complications of venous thrombosis.

Anette Højen is a senior researcher at the Danish Center for Health Services Research (Aalborg, Denmark). She specializes in the psychosocial aspects of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the post-thrombotic period, with a focus on mental well-being, patient-reported outcomes, follow-up care, and rehabilitation. Using a mixed-methods and participatory research approach, she collaborates closely with patients, their relatives, and clinicians to ensure relevant and impactful findings.

Stefano Barco completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Pavia, Italy, and received a Ph.D. in vascular medicine from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is a staff physician involved in clinical activities as interventional and non-interventional vascular physician, and head of research group at the Department of Angiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. 

Prof. Barco's primary interests are in the acute treatment, epidemiology, and long-term sequelae of venous thromboembolism. He is involved as a Steering Committee member or member of the Data Safety Monitoring Board of multinational trials. He coauthored more than 280 papers published in peer-reviewed journals.

Prof Roopen Arya is Professor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis and Clinical Director for Haematological Medicine at King's College Hospital. He is also Director of King's Thrombosis Centre and Director of the National VTE Exemplar Centres Network in England. 

Roopen trained in Medicine at Oxford and completed his PhD in Molecular Medicine and Haematology training at King's. He was MRC Clinical Training Fellow at King's and Clinical Lecturer in Haematology before his appointment as Consultant Haematologist in 1999. His research interests focus on thrombosis, thrombophilia and anticoagulation. Advancing patient care around venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention and treatment has been a long term theme in his group. The interface between thrombosis and women's health is also a major interest. 

PROFESSOR BEVERLEY HUNT OBE

Founder of Thrombosis UK and Professor of Haemostasis & Thrombosis, Guy's & St Thomas's Hospital, London.

Professor Beverley Hunt OBE is a consultant in the departments of haematology & pathology. She is a national and international expert in thrombosis and acquired bleeding disorders.

She has sat on multiple national and international guideline writing groups, including NICE has extensive clinical experience of thrombotic and acquired bleeding disorders and runs a very active research group with over 500 peer-reviewed publications to her name.

Prof Hunt is past chair of the steering committee of World Thrombosis Day.

Head of Patient Safety (Oversight & Alerts), NHS England, 

Ethel is currently Head of Patient Safety (Oversight & Alerts) for the 

NHS England National Patient Safety Team. She is a Human Factors 

Specialist and a Registered Midwife. She has a background in safety 

investigations, training, safety & risk management. She also delivers 

Human Factors & Safety Investigation Training in various industries, 

including healthcare and mining. Ethel has an MSc in Human Factors 

from Loughborough University and is a member of the Chartered 

Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors.

Director

Northern Ireland Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre

Belfast City Hospital

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Belfast, Ireland

Dr. Gary Benson graduated from Queens University Belfast in 1999. His postgraduate training took him to Altnagelvin, Causeway and Belvoir Park Hospital before taking up specialty training in hematology in 2003 at the Belfast City Hospital. He spent at year at the East of Scotland Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre, Edinburgh, before taking up post in 2008 as the Director of the Northern Ireland Haemophilia Centre whereby subspecialist clinics were established for to include haemophilia carriers as well as high risk obstetrics and outpatient management of VTE – DVT and PE. 

Christine is the Thromboprophylaxis Clinical Nurse Specialist at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd (YGC) Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board North wales and has worked in this field since 2017. As part of her role she is involved with the identification and carrying out root cause analysis on all cases of hospital acquired thrombosis (HAT), education, audits, organising and presenting at symposium and presenting at thrombosis events. From presenting local data, case studies and giving real time feedback to clinicians on her thromboprophylaxis walk around and clinical governance meetings she has increased compliance in thromboprophylaxis and decreased the number of potential preventable HATs in YGC. Her work has been nationally recognised receiving multiple awards and gaining National Exemplar Site status for her health board.

Dr Catherine Bagot is a Consultant Haematologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), specialising in Haemostasis and Thrombosis, and is the co-director of the West of Scotland Haemophilia and Thrombosis centre.  She is the joint lead of the Haematology Obstetric service in North Glasgow and has been running the Haematology Obstetric clinic at the Princess Royal Maternity Unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary for the last 10 years, alongside her consultant obstetric colleague, Dr Vicki Brace. 

She is chair and secretary of the GRI and Greater Glasgow and Clyde Thrombosis Committees respectively. She is an elected committee member of the British Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis.

Her clinical interests include inherited bleeding disorders, venous thrombosis treatment and prevention, obstetric haematology and immune thrombocytopaenia (ITP).  Her main research interest is the application of thrombin generation to clinical thrombotic issues. She is currently leading a research project investigating the pathophysiology underlying the increased risk of venous thrombosis in obese pregnant women, funded by a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship Award.  She is also principal investigator for a number of international trials investigating new treatments for haemophilia and ITP

Paul Bennett is a clinical and academic psychologist, who has worked in both NHS and universities in Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea. He has previously published research on the psychological impact of VTE, and is presently an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Swansea and a clinical psychologist providing support for VITT patients through the auspices of Thrombosis UK. 

Professor Michael Norton is a Consultant Community Cardiologist and Visiting Professor of Community Cardiology based in the North East of England. Michael runs the Dept. of Community Cardiology in Sunderland. He is also the Deputy Medical Director of the North East Ambulance Service and is clinically active in pre-hospital emergency medicine. Michael has significant experience in syncope and related disorders having worked for over eighteen years (six as head of Department) within the Falls & Syncope Service at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary. Michael’s main clinical and research interests are cardiovascular risk reduction, neuro-cardiovascular syncope and cardiac arrest. He is a director and national council member of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society. He is also the co-founder of Cardioproof, a community interest company, which aims to improve survival from cardiac arrest by increasing bystander CPR and use of public access defibrillators.

Emma graduated from Brighton University with an Adult Nursing Degree in 2001 and undertook a cross 

speciality rotation at Addenbrookes Hospital. After working in Perth, Australia as a surgical nurse for a year 

she worked in High Dependency Care for several years in Watford General and King's College Hospitals. 

In 2007 she joined Kings' Thrombosis Team as a Coagulation Clinical Nurse Specialist rotating through 

DVT, anticoagulation and VTE prevention roles.

Emma became the Nurse Consultant in Thrombosis and Coagulation with responsibility for the nursing 

thrombosis teams across King’s College Hospital sites in 2014 and became the lead for the VTE National 

Nursing and Midwifery Network at the same time.  Emma completed an MSc in Advanced Practice and 

Leadership at King’s College London in 2018.

Paul Bennett is a clinical and academic psychologist, who has worked in both NHS and universities in Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea. He has previously published research on the psychological impact of VTE, and is presently an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Swansea and a clinical psychologist providing support for VITT patients through the auspices of Thrombosis UK. 

My name is Clare Prince I am 45 years old and live in Liverpool with my partner and son, our daughter lives away currently at performing arts college. 

I became involved with Thrombosis UK many years ago when it was called Lifeblood. The charity helped and supported me through some of my most troubled times dealing with multiple episodes of VTE. I was very keen to spread awareness and over time became more and more involved with the charity doing this.

In February 2013 I was made a Lifeblood Ambassador which was a very proud moment, not only because I was the first patient ambassador but because one month earlier, I had been diagnosed with a bilateral PE whilst five months pregnant with my son.

My relationship with the charity blossomed and in July 2014 I was invited to join the Board of Trustees. I took on the role with great pride and have played a very active part in helping shape the charity that did so much for me in the early days of VTE diagnosis.

In December 2016 became an employed member of the team working alongside Annya and Jo, as the Project Development Officer on a part time basis. I have now increased my hours and am the Fundraising Lead, a job which I absolutely love doing. 

I have a wealth of experience both living and dealing with thrombosis and hope I can be a small part of helping someone else just as Thrombosis UK have helped me.

Dr Dan Horner, Consultant in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine; Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Dan Horner is a consultant in emergency medicine/intensive care at a major trauma and neurosciences centre in the North West of England. He is the outgoing Professor of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and has research interests in the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolic disease, trauma coagulopathy and early sepsis management. 

Dan is a topic expert for several NICE guidelines, including NG158 on VTE diagnosis and management, and the accompanying quality standards. Dan also chairs the thrombosis committee at his local hospital, which is an accredited national exemplar centre for VTE care. He occasionally blogs (stemlynsblog.org) and infrequently tweets (@exRCEMProf).

https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/daniel.horner.html

Dr Lara Roberts is a Consultant Haematologist and the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) lead at King’s College Hospital. She established the programme for root cause analysis of hospital-associated VTE at King’s and continues to oversee VTE prevention practice across sites. She is a committee member of the British Society of Haematology Obstetric Haematology Special Interest Group and the Speciality Lead for the South London Clinical Research Network non-malignant haematology group.

Dr Julia A M Anderson  MBChB BSc(Hons) MD FRCP Edin FRCPath is a Consultant Haematologist with a specialist interest in thrombosis and haemostasis, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh. For the past ten years she has worked at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and is Chair of the local Thrombosis Committee and is Lead Clinician for the Scottish Inherited Bleeding Disorders Network, National Services Scotland. Julia spent two years as a Research Fellow, sponsored by the British Society for Haematology, at Hamilton Civic Hospitals Research Centre, Ontario, Canada where she investigated the effect of hypersulphation of low molecular weight heparin on prothrombinase and intrinsic tenase, leading to a degree of MD in 1999. She was later invited to a Faculty position in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University as Assistant Professor from 2004 - 2008 and worked and taught within the Division of Hematology and Thrombosis. Currently Julia is a senior examiner for the Royal College of Pathologists, is a member of the British Society for Haematology Haemostasis & Thrombosis Task Force, representing the UK Haemophilia Doctors Organisation, and is Co-Chair of the International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Scientific Subcommittee on the Control of Anticoagulation. She has also recently been appointed to the NICE VTE Diseases Guideline Committee.

Dr Catherine Bagot is a Consultant Haematologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), specialising in Haemostasis and Thrombosis, and is the co-director of the West of Scotland Haemophilia and Thrombosis centre.  She is the joint lead of the Haematology Obstetric service in North Glasgow and has been running the Haematology Obstetric clinic at the Princess Royal Maternity Unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary for the last 10 years, alongside her consultant obstetric colleague, Dr Vicki Brace. 

She is chair and secretary of the GRI and Greater Glasgow and Clyde Thrombosis Committees respectively. She is an elected committee member of the British Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis.

Her clinical interests include inherited bleeding disorders, venous thrombosis treatment and prevention, obstetric haematology and immune thrombocytopaenia (ITP).  Her main research interest is the application of thrombin generation to clinical thrombotic issues. She is currently leading a research project investigating the pathophysiology underlying the increased risk of venous thrombosis in obese pregnant women, funded by a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship Award.  She is also principal investigator for a number of international trials investigating new treatments for haemophilia and ITP

Dr Sophie Adams MBChB BSc FRCR EBIR is a Specialist Registrar in Interventional Radiology at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh. She has recently used departmental data to determine the current management of pulmonary embolism in Lothian, and identified a cohort of patients who may benefit from progressive interventional techniques. This information has contributed to the creation of a new, collaborative pathway in acute PE management within the health board. Trained in both endovascular and non-vascular intervention, she will further her experience at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, next year. 

Prof Giles H Roditi MB, ChB, FRCP, FRCR

Consultant Radiologist

Dept. of Radiology,

Glasgow Royal Infirmary,

16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER

Consultant Radiologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary with clinical and research interests in cardiovascular imaging with both MRI and CT.  Graduated in Medicine from Aberdeen University Medical School, Scotland. During subsequent radiology training in Aberdeen undertook a Visiting Fellowship in cardiovascular MRI at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Commenced consultant career in Glasgow in 1997 where he is now Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow and Research Imaging Champion for NHS GG&C. 

Dr Roditi has been involved in promoting the use of MRI and CT at all levels both in the UK and internationally and has served as faculty member at the annual meetings of many imaging societies including RSNA,  ISMRM, SCMR, SCCT, SMRA, ECR, ESMRMB, CIRSE & ESCR plus in the UK at many annual meetings of both the Royal College of Radiologists and the British Institute of Radiology.  

Dr Roditi is honoured to be a Past-President of the Society of Magnetic Resonance Angiography (http://society4mra.org) working to promote MRA as a clinical tool helping patients. Dr Roditi is also a past-President of the British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (www.bsci.org.uk) and was subsequently the Royal College of Radiologists Visiting Professor for Cardiovascular Imaging (delivered virtually during the COVID-pandemic).   Dr Roditi also has a strong interest in MRI contrast agents, being the Royal College of Radiologist’s spokesperson on contrast media and as a member of the ESUR Contrast Media Safety Committee helping draft the most recent European guidelines (http://www.esur-cm.org/index.php/en/).  Dr. Roditi remains fully engaged in research with a tally of over 200 publications to date and a current h-index of 44.

Prof Stephen Black

Stephen Black qualified from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in 1998 and moved

to the UK in 2001. He obtained an MD in simulation based training from Imperial College London and

completed his higher surgical training with placements at St Thomas', St George's and St Mary’s

Hospitals, London. In 2010 he was appointed as a consultant vascular surgeon and honorary senior

lecturer at St George's Hospital and Medical School and in 2014 moved to Guy’s and St Thomas’

Hospital to help build the Venous Service. Mr Black is now the Clinical Lead for Vascular Surgery and

the Co-Lead for Cardiovascular R&D and is a Reader in Venous Surgery at Kings College London.

 His principle interest is the treatment of Venous Disease and he lectures frequently on this topic.   Mr

Black is a programme director for the Charing Cross Venous Meeting and is on the organising

committee of the European Venous Forum Hand on Workshops. He is also on the organising

committee and is an examiner for the Fellowship of the European Board of Surgery.

Originally from Yorkshire but raised and schooled in New Zealand, Alex started his career working the National Health Service in the UK. He then moved into consulting and has spent a number of years working in the Middle East and Asia before settling back in London in 2019. He is currently consulting to central and local government across England and remains based in London with his wife and 17 month old son. He has always been a keen sportsperson and has remained active his whole life. Surviving Pulmonary Emboli is an event he is keen to share in the hope that others can benefit and take hope from any shared experiences

Prof Roopen Arya is Professor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis and Clinical Director for Haematological Medicine at King's College Hospital. He is also Director of King's Thrombosis Centre and Director of the National VTE Exemplar Centres Network in England. 

Roopen trained in Medicine at Oxford and completed his PhD in Molecular Medicine and Haematology training at King's. He was MRC Clinical Training Fellow at King's and Clinical Lecturer in Haematology before his appointment as Consultant Haematologist in 1999. His research interests focus on thrombosis, thrombophilia and anticoagulation. Advancing patient care around venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention and treatment has been a long term theme in his group. The interface between thrombosis and women's health is also a major interest. 

Emma graduated from Brighton University with an Adult Nursing Degree in 2001 and undertook a cross 

speciality rotation at Addenbrookes Hospital. After working in Perth, Australia as a surgical nurse for a year 

she worked in High Dependency Care for several years in Watford General and King's College Hospitals. 

In 2007 she joined Kings' Thrombosis Team as a Coagulation Clinical Nurse Specialist rotating through 

DVT, anticoagulation and VTE prevention roles.

Emma became the Nurse Consultant in Thrombosis and Coagulation with responsibility for the nursing 

thrombosis teams across King’s College Hospital sites in 2014 and became the lead for the VTE National 

Nursing and Midwifery Network at the same time.  Emma completed an MSc in Advanced Practice and 

Leadership at King’s College London in 2018.

Rebecca Simpson is Lead Nurse for VTE Prevention at Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and member of the VTE National Network for Midwives and Nurses.  She gained experience in a variety of specialities post registration including emergency nursing, critical care, clinical education and prison nursing.

Rebecca joined Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2013 and established the VTE Prevention Service, which achieved VTE exemplar centre status in 2016.  Rebecca continues to oversee the VTE Prevention Programme which has been nationally commended and is currently working with a newly established multidisciplinary Harm Free Care Team.

Rosalind Byrne is Principal Pharmacist Anticoagulation, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She has been in post since 2008. Rosalind runs an outpatient clinic initiating and reviewing patients on anticoagulation with the direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin. She was part of a team who conducted an anticoagulation in AF project in South London which has now been rolled out nationally by NHSE. She is also involved in the wider management of patients on anticoagulation in conjunction with local CCGs and colleagues at local acute trusts. She is currently undertaking an MSc in Pharmacy Practice specifically conducting a project to compare the efficacy of warfarin and DOACs in the treatment of LV thrombus.

Consultant Haematologist specialising in Haemostasis and Thrombosis and has 

a specialist

interest in problems with bleeding and thrombosis.

Dr Lowe trained in Cambridge, Manchester and Birmingham.

Lynne Robinson currently works as a Consultant Gynaecologist at Birmingham Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Hon Senior Clinical Lecturer at University of Birmingham.  She is sub-speciality trained in Reproductive Medicine and clinical lead of Birmingham Women’s Fertility Centre and the menopause service Lynne is co-ordinator of the European Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine examination committee, a component of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) and has a particular interest in polycystic ovarian syndrome. She is also a menopause specialist and chair of West Midlands Menopause Society and past council member of the British Menopause Society medical advisory committee

I’m a GP in Wolverhampton and have been a partner for almost 20 years. I have spent many years working for the ICB, and the preceding organisations, leading and supporting workstreams aligned with medicines and pharmacy; and am also the Regional Research Delivery Network Settings Lead for Primary Care.

Dr Anna Stone BSc (Hons) FRCP MRCGP

Rosalind Byrne is Principal Pharmacist Anticoagulation, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She has been in post since 2008. Rosalind runs an outpatient clinic initiating and reviewing patients on anticoagulation with the direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin. She was part of a team who conducted an anticoagulation in AF project in South London which has now been rolled out nationally by NHSE. She is also involved in the wider management of patients on anticoagulation in conjunction with local CCGs and colleagues at local acute trusts. She is currently undertaking an MSc in Pharmacy Practice specifically conducting a project to compare the efficacy of warfarin and DOACs in the treatment of LV thrombus.

Vicki qualified as a pharmacist in 2005 (University of Nottingham) and joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust as a resident pharmacist in 2006 and has worked in various clinical pharmacist roles, including 5 years as a senior cardiovascular pharmacist. She has a post-graduate diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (University College London) and has been a practicing independent pharmacist prescriber since 2014 (King’s College London) and completed a physical assessment skills module (St George’s).

Vicki has been Consultant Pharmacist for Haemostasis & Thrombosis since August 2017 working within the Trust monitoring and developing anticoagulation services, and working to improve referral pathways and access for patients in South London. She has regular outpatient clinics for initiating and monitoring anticoagulation as well as the weekly rapid access AF clinic. She is a UKCPA Haemostasis and Thrombosis committee member since 2019.

Dr Will Lester is a Haematology Consultant at University Hospitals 

Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth and Birmingham Women’s Hospital and an

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Institute of Cardiovascular 

Sciences, University of Birmingham and has been a lecturer at the 

National Centre for Anticoagulant Training. His interests include 

thrombosis and haemostasis, obstetric and general haematology. He has 

received two thrombus innovation awards for work on thrombosis 

prevention and is a member of the Haemostasis and Thrombosis task 

force for the British Society of Haematology guidelines committee.

Paul Bennett is a clinical and academic psychologist, who has worked in both NHS and universities in Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea. He has previously published research on the psychological impact of VTE, and is presently an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Swansea and a clinical psychologist providing support for VITT patients through the auspices of Thrombosis UK. 

Shaun Kinghorn - Patient Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism

In June 2010, aged 49, Shaun was admitted to a medical emergency unit via A&E with severe 

breathlessness, intermittent confusion, and a distinct feeling that he was near to death. Further 

investigations confirmed a diagnosis of a severe unprovoked bilateral pulmonary embolism with 

significant clot burden. This led to permanent reduction in lung function and the need for lifelong 

anticoagulation with warfarin. Thanks to the support of the THUK team shaun now monitors his INR at

home with remote support provided by a hospital-based pharmacy-led anticoagulation service.

Shaun currently receives care and support from three hospital consultants and is deeply grateful to 

the team of NHS health care professionals for their help during his bumpy recovery journey. Shaun is 

really interested in the following aspects of the VTE patient journey.

Learning to maximise your quality of life

Making sense of the VTE symptoms

Finding your new normal

Making the most of consultations with staff

The psychological aspects of recovery

Working with health care professionals in contributing to your own safety and well being

Shaun has discovered that a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism is life changing and full of twists and 

turns but is achieving far more than his initial expectations

PROFESSOR BEVERLEY HUNT OBE

Founder of Thrombosis UK and Professor of Haemostasis & Thrombosis, Guy's & St Thomas's Hospital, London.

Professor Beverley Hunt OBE is a consultant in the departments of haematology & pathology. She is a national and international expert in thrombosis and acquired bleeding disorders.

She has sat on multiple national and international guideline writing groups, including NICE has extensive clinical experience of thrombotic and acquired bleeding disorders and runs a very active research group with over 500 peer-reviewed publications to her name.

Prof Hunt is past chair of the steering committee of World Thrombosis Day.

Dr Kate Duhig is the National Specialty Advisor for Obstetrics and Public Health at NHS England

Victoria works in Safety and Learning at NHS Resolution.

Prof Marian Knight MBE is a professor of Maternal and Child Population Health with the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit and an Honorary Consultant of Public Health for Public Health England.