Gehan Soosaipillai and Lina Pereira are members of the Transforming End of Life Care team, and have been embedded within the Lymphoma team at UCLH for the last 12 months. Will Townsend is a Lymphoma consultant and joins us for his third Bolus e

S05E09 Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease With Ronjon Chakraverty

Nov 30th, 2020 19m 46s

Following on from his episode on Acute Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD), Ronjon Chakraverty returns to tackle Chronic GVHD.

S05E08 Antimicrobial Resistance With Vanya Gant

Nov 23rd, 2020 16m 56s

We are again joined by UCLH Consultant Microbiologist Vanya Gant, for a sobering discussion on the increasing difficulty antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is causing in healthcare. As the era of effective antibiotics fades, we discuss the causes

S05E07 Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) With Jessica Manson

Nov 16th, 2020 26m 12s

Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis is being diagnosed ever more as it becomes more widely known and better understood. We ask UCLH Consultant Rheumatologist Jessica Manson to give us some insight into Primary and Secondary HLH, including the v

S05E06 Lung Complications In Haematology Patients With Jeremy Brown

Nov 9th, 2020 23m 32s

Jeremy Brown is a Respiratory Consultant at UCLH, with an interest in the lung complications patients experience following chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation. We discuss the issues caused by Bacterial Pneumonia, PCP, Fungal infections l

S05E05 Essential Thrombocythaemia And Polycythaemia Vera With Jon Lambert

Nov 2nd, 2020 29m 25s

Jon Lambert is a Haematologist at UCLH, and specialises in the treatment of Lymphoma and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs). We ask him to give us insight into the presentation, diagnosis, treatment and long term impact of two common MPNs, Es

S05E04 The Liver With Deepak Suri

Oct 26th, 2020 23m 36s

Deepak Suri is a Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist at UCLH and the Whittington. He joins us to discuss all things liver, including Hepatitis, VOD, GVHD and Haemochromatosis.

S05E03 T-Cell Therapies For Solid Cancers With Claire Roddie

Oct 19th, 2020 26m 28s

In this episode we look at how T-cell based therapies are being developed for use in solid cancers. Claire Roddie is a UCLH consultant specialising in CAR T-cell treatment and discusses tumour infiltrating lymphocytes, neo-antigen receptors, ch

S05E02 Winter Preparedness With Gee Yen Shin And Marian Salek

Oct 12th, 2020 17m 25s

We invited back consultant virologist Gee Yen Shin and pharmacist Marian Salek to discuss the preparations being made for this winter. The conversation revolves mainly around the value of widespread uptake of the flu vaccine amongst healthcare

S05E01 Amyloidosis With Ashu Wechalekar

Oct 5th, 2020 29m 34s

Dr Ashu Wechalekar joins in our first of ten episodes that will make up Series 5 of Bolus. Ashu is a renowned expert in Amyloidosis, and carries out his clinical and research work at the National Amyloidosis Centre at the Royal Free Hospital. D

S04E07 COVID-19 Management In The ICU With Mervyn Singer

Jul 26th, 2020 29m 26s

In our final (planned) COVID-19 episode, we are joined by intensivist Mervyn Singer, to discuss the treatments that were used in ICU for patients with severe COVID-19. In the first third we discuss the preparations that took place to get a Lo

S04E06 Running an Intensive Care Unit Unit during COVID-19 With Elaine Thorpe

Jul 20th, 2020 22m 49s

Elaine Thorpe is the UCH matron for Critical Care, one of the largest intensive care departments in the UK. We ask her to give us some insight into how her unit was prepared and reconfigured to cope with the eye of the COVID-19 storm. As increa

S04E05 Immunomodulatory Drugs And COVID-19 With Kwee Yong

Jun 29th, 2020 15m 9s

Haematology consultant Kwee Yong joins us to discuss the immunomodulatory drugs (such as Dexamethasone, Anakinra, Tocilizumab and Ibrutinib)being evaluated as possible options to treat severe COVID-19.

S04E04 Thrombosis In COVID-19 With Marie Scully

Jun 22nd, 2020 13m 46s

UCLH Haematology consultant Marie Scully gives a concise summary of the effects COVID-19 has on coagulation and risks presented by thrombosis.

UCLH COVID-19 Update With Infectious Diseases Consultant Mike Brown

Jun 10th, 2020 18m 10s

In this latest fascinating podcast on COVID-19, divisional clinical director and infectious diseases consultant Mike Brown talks about what UCLH has discovered so far about the novel coronavirus – identifying unusual symptoms, discovering whic

UCLH COVID-19 Update With Marcel Levi (June 2020)

Jun 4th, 2020 16m 17s

In this series of podcasts on COVID-19 with UCLH leaders, chief executive Marcel Levi reflects on the challenges we've faced over the last three months, and changes to come in the future. Marcel was interviewed by Gavin Cooper, a haematology se

UCLH COVID-19 Update with Consultant Virologist Gee Yen Shin

May 28th, 2020 13m 12s

Consultant virologist Gee Yen Shin joins us to discuss why this coronavirus continues to pose particular challenges, now and in the future.

UCLH COVID-19 Update On Staff Testing With Laura Churchward

May 7th, 2020 14m 25s

In the latest of a series of podcasts on COVID-19, Gavin Cooper, a haematology clinical practice facilitator and his colleague Sarah Jordan, a ward sister on T16 South, talk to UCLH director of strategy Laura Churchward about the importance of

UCLH COVID-19 Update on Psychological Support with Lisa Monaghan and Jane Keep

May 1st, 2020 16m 51s

In the latest of a series of podcasts on COVID-19, Gavin Cooper, a haematology clinical practice facilitator and his colleague Sarah Jordan, a ward sister on T16 South, talk to Dr Lisa Monaghan, head of the staff psychological and welfare servi

UCLH COVID-19 Update with Marcel Levi (April 2020)

Apr 14th, 2020 10m

In the first of a series of podcasts on COVID-19 with UCLH leaders, chief executive Marcel Levi reflects on the challenges we all face in the coming weeks and how we can prepare. “(those colleagues who) work in security to those in our telepho

S04E03 Blood Transfusion With Mallika Sekhar

Mar 23rd, 2020 30m 7s

This will be our last episode for awhile due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Mallika Sekhar joins us to discuss all things blood transfusion related. Our conversation covers the history of transfusion, antibodies, matching, infectious complications

S04E02 Cytomegalovirus With Kirsty Thomson

Mar 16th, 2020 29m 20s

Episode Two is an exploration into the issues Cytomegalovirus cause in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant patients. Kirsty Thomson is the Clinical Lead for UCLH Haematology and a Transplant Consultant. She guides us through the biology, screening,

S04E01 Haematopoiesis With Beth Payne

Mar 9th, 2020 28m 42s

We're back with the first episode of Series 4. We're lucky to be joined by Beth Payne for a third time, as we delve into haematopoiesis and the role of the stem cell in blood production.

S03E10 ICU and the Haematology Patient With David Brealey And Will Townsend

Feb 3rd, 2020 38m 8s

The final episode of Series 3 is an interesting and wide ranging conversation on the overlap between two specialities, Haematology and Intensive Care. David Brealey is an Intensivist at UCLH and we are also rejoined by Lymphoma Consultant Wil

S03E09 Transplant Nurse Specialists With Sarah Grace

Jan 27th, 2020 32m

Sarah Grace is a Transplant Clinical Nurse Specialist at UCLH. She joins us to discuss all things transplant, but with a particular focus on organising transplants, searching for and matching donors and the difficulties inherent in the consenti