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About Dr Akila Danga
Akila Danga Personal Profile
Dr Akila Danga is a General Haematology Consultant with a specialist interest in Haemato-Oncology, involved in research and development and clinical trials.
Dr Danga graduated from Imperial College London in 2008 with a Distinction in Clinical Practice and an intercalated Batchelor of Sciences with 1st Class Honours. She has trained in general medicine in a number of London hospitals and completed her Specialist Haematology training on the Imperial College London programme rotating through Hammersmith Hospital, St Marys Hospital Paddington, The Hillingdon Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital; Achieving her FRCPath accreditation in 2018.
She has been a Consultant Haematologist at Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2019. Her main interests are in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with Haematological cancers including acute and chronic leukaemias, lymphomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloma and myeloproliferative disorders. She takes a keen interest in delivering the latest evidence based care and runs a number of specialist clinics, Haematology day unit, delivers in patient care involving the delivery of systemic anti cancer therapy at a level 2B setting.
Dr Danga is the Principal Investigator of Haematology Clinical Trials at Hillingdon Hospital and actively partakes in the Haemato-Oncology network multidisciplinary team meetings with Hammersmith Hospital.
She is also heavily involved in the investigation and management of patients with general Haematology disorders such as iron deficiency anaemias, abnormal blood counts, immune-haematology (including neutropenia, immune-mediated thrombocytopenia and autoimmune haemolytic anaemias), haemaglobinopathies (Sickle cell disease and Thalassaemia), haemostasis and thrombosis as well as transfusion medicine. Dr Danga also provides consultative advice in medicine and surgery with abnormalities related to Haematology.
Dr Danga works closely alongside her Haematology Consultant Colleague, Dr Ruby Haji, as Co-Director of their organisation 1stBLOOD LTD.
Dr Danga and Dr Haji work together to deliver an outstanding haematology service at Bishops Wood Hospital. As a team they are able to provide continuity of care for both outpatient services and inpatient consultative advice. Their individual specialist interests complement each other’s practice and allows them to provide the best level of evidence based care in all aspects of Haematology for their patients.
Their close links with haematology colleagues at Imperial College allows access to multidisciplinary team input for malignant haematology and pathology diagnostics, ensuring the best possible treatment plans are considered.
Dr Danga's clinical practice is dedicated exclusively to adult patients aged 18 and over.
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Akia Danga Clinical Interests
Clinical Interests
1. Outpatient Clinical Practice Scope
- General Haematology
- Haemato-Oncology
- Haemostasis and thrombosis
- Transfusion
- Pre-operative optimisation
- Management of patient with monitoring and therapies including oral chemotherapy as required
2. Diagnostics and procedures:
- Bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsies
- Lumbar punctures
- Venesections
- Day unit administration of intravenous infusions including systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT), biological agents, iron infusions etc.
3: Consultative Advice
- To the medical and surgical services at Bishops Wood Hospital
- Pre-operative management and optimisation
- Haemostasis and thrombosis
- Transfusion
Akia Danga Professional Memberships
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists England
- British Society of Haematology
- American Society of Haematology
- British Medical Association
- Medical Defence Union
Akila Danga Useful Links
- www.1stBlood.co.uk
