Imperial College London

DrKikkeriNaresh

Faculty of MedicineDepartment of Immunology and Inflammation

Visiting Professor
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 3313 3969k.naresh

 
 
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Location

 

Office 6, Building 541, G-BlockHammersmith HospitalHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

My area of expertise is haematopathology with a focus on lymphomas, bone marrow pathology and molecular pathology. I have been in the field of haematopathology for over 25 years, and I have worked/trained across three continents (Europe, Asia and North America). At the Hammersmith Hospital / Imperial College, I lead diagnostics, translational research and training in haematopathology. My referral practice caters to haematopathologists across the UK, and to many other haematopathologists outside of UK. I am the current Chair of the British Lymphoma Pathology Group (BLPG). Through my activities in BLPG and Royal College of Pathologists, I play a critical role in improving standards of training and practice of haematopathology in the UK. I have over 240 publications, majority of which are in the field of haematopathology. In haematopathology research, my collaborations extend across the UK, and I also collaborate with investigators and institutions in Europe, United States, Asia and Africa. I am a firm believer in global medicine and science and in fostering international collaboration to promote translational research and training in haematopathology and in other branches of medicine.

At Imperial, I have been responsible for building the Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (SIHMDS) at Imperial. This is a centralised service for a large number of hospitals in and around London. I have also led the development of a supra-regional / national lymphoma referral service at the Hammersmith Hospital and supports diagnosis of challenging cases from across the country. I also lead on molecular diagnostic services and on genomics at Imperial.

I have been responsible for leading the NIHR’s Clinical Academic Training programme in Histopathology at the Hammersmith Hospital / Imperial since its inception in 2006. Through this, I have been mentoring and training the clinical academics of the future. I have other major commitments in education – clinical training in histopathology & haematology; postgraduate education (PhD, MRes & MSc) and undergraduate education. I support the specialised training of haematopathologists from all over UK and rest of the world. I contribute to education in haematopathology by lecturing in many local, regional, national and international meetings.

 I also lead activities of cellular and molecular pathology in the Imperial Biomedical Research Centre. My primary research interest and those that I drive, pertain to translational research. I also support other investigators undertaking translational and basic research. Most of the research that I drive is focussed on lymphoid malignancies. I also dwell to a lesser extent on plasma cell, myeloid and other haematological malignancies. My translational research interests can be summarised under:

- Genomics of B cell lymphomas
- Genomics of T cell lymphomas
- Biology of Immune deficiency lymphoid proliferations including proliferations in post-transplant and HIV settings.
- Biology of Hodgkin lymphoma
- Role of micro-environment in maintenance and evolution of malignant lymphoid populations
- Biology of oncogenic viruses in lymphomagenesis and patient outcomes
- Early steps and lesions in lymphomagenesis and pathways of evolution
- Developing diagnostic algorithms using immunohistochemistry and other ancillary tools for lymphomas.
- Identification of unique subtypes of lymphomas and lymphoid proliferations leading to refinements in classification of disease
- Establishing new antibodies in the diagnosis of different lymphoma categories.
- Biomarker discovery – for stratifying haematological malignancies
- Correlation of immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry in diagnostic haemato-oncology
- Refining criteria for diagnosis on bone marrow trephine biopsies
- Disease evolution following stem cell transplantation
- Epidemiology and molecular epidemiology of lymphomas
- Myeloma research

 I have been in various leadership positions at all levels – local, regional, national and international.

Publications

Journals

Alaggio R, Amador C, Anagnostopoulos I, et al., 2023, Correction: "The 5th edition of The World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Lymphoid Neoplasms" Leukemia. 2022 Jul;36(7):1720-1748., Leukemia, Vol:37, Pages:1944-1951

Yeung CCS, Woolston DW, Wu V, et al., 2023, Abnormal bone marrow findings in patients following treatment with chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy., Eur J Haematol

Torabi A, Naresh KN, 2023, T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma with TCRB::TCL1 translocation., Blood, Vol:142

Zayac AS, Landsburg DJ, Hughes ME, et al., 2023, High-grade B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified: a multi-institutional retrospective study., Blood Adv

Siebert R, Schuh A, Ott G, et al., 2023, Response to the Comments from the Groupe Francophone de Cytogénétique Hématologique (GFCH) on the 5th edition of the World Health Organization classification of haematolymphoid tumors., Leukemia, Vol:37, Pages:1170-1172

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