Summary
Dr Arachchillage is a consultant haematologist specialised in Haemostasis and Thrombosis and an honorary senior lecturer. She was awarded MRC CARP fellowship in 2021.
She completed MD (res) at the University College London in July 2015 on antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), complement activation and direct acting oral anticoagulants. She is the founder of antiphospholipid syndrome clinic at Hammersmith Hospital.
Her principal research interests are inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, effect of oral anticoagulant types on the coagulant phenotype of vascular endothelium and thrombosis, autoimmune thrombotic disorders including antiphospholipid syndrome, anticoagulation and acquired bleeding disorders mainly related to cardiac surgeries and extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in both paediatric and adults. She has published over 80 peer reviewed high impact factor journal publications and six book chapters in the field of haemostasis and thrombosis. She is chief /principal investigator in number of clinal and translational research studies.
She is a member of the British Society for Haematologists’ haemostasis and thrombosis Task Force and has contributed for national and international guidelines.
She is a member of Research Advisory Group for autoimmune rheumatic diseases for Versus Arthritis, UK, and a member of International Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) Scientific Oversight Committee.
As a recognition of her contribution to research, she was awarded National Institute of Heath and Research (NIHR) and British Society for Haematology (BSH) researcher of the year 2021 and runner up of the outstanding individual of the NIHR CRN
Publications
Journals
Arachchillage DJ, Thachil J, Anderson JAM, et al., 2024, Diagnosis and management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: Third edition., Br J Haematol, Vol:204, Pages:459-475
Randi AM, Jones D, Peghaire C, et al., 2023, Mechanisms regulating heterogeneity of hemostatic gene expression in endothelial cells., J Thromb Haemost, Vol:21, Pages:3056-3066
Altmann DM, Whettlock EM, Liu S, et al., 2023, The immunology of long COVID (vol 23, 618, 2023), Nature Reviews Immunology, Vol:23, ISSN:1474-1733, Pages:697-697
Arachchillage DJ, Weatherill A, Rajakaruna I, et al., 2023, Thrombosis, major bleeding, and survival in COVID-19 supported by VV- ECMO in the first vs second wave- multicentre observational study in the UK, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Vol:21, ISSN:1538-7836, Pages:2735-2746
Arachchillage DJ, Rajakaruna I, Odho Z, et al., 2023, Impact of thromboprophylaxis on hospital acquired thrombosis following discharge in patients admitted with COVID-19: multicentre observational study in the UK, British Journal of Haematology, Vol:202, ISSN:0007-1048, Pages:485-497