Thrombosis Research Institute
Thrombosis Research Institute
Providing excellence in research, education and patient care
Internationally renowned for pioneering, multi-disciplinary research, the Thrombosis Research Institutes comprise two independent charitable foundations based in London, United Kingdom and Bangalore, India.
Director, Thrombosis Research Institute, London:
Professor the Lord Kakkar
As well as Director of the Thrombosis Research Institute, London, Ajay Kakkar is Professor of Surgery at University College London, Consultant Surgeon University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Chair for Clinical Quality University College London Partners. Academic Health Science System. He received his medical education at King’s College Hospital Medical School, University of London, BSc 1985, MBBS (Hons) 1988, receiving a PhD in 1998 from Imperial College London. He was made a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1992.
His awards include Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1996, the David Patey Prize, Surgical Research Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1996, the Knoll William Harvey Prize, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 1997, the James IV Association of Surgeons travelling fellow in 2006, Welcome Lecture and Royal Society of Medicine 2009.
Lord Kakkar’s research interests are in the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolic disease and cancer-associated thrombosis and, in particular, the role of antithrombotic therapy in prolonging survival in cancer and the role of coagulation serine proteases in tumour biology.
