TIF International Scientific Advisory Board

Today, TIF collaborates with over three hundred (300) medical and health professionals from over forty (40) countries worldwide, who provide advice and guidance, mainly in the context of its educational programme, at the national and regional level.

Amongst the international experts, a group of nineteen (19) comprise TIF’s international advisory panel and are closely involved in the development of scientific programmes of educational events and publications.

These are:

Name	Title	Country
Sir David Weatherall	Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford	UK
Ali Taher	Professor of Haematology, Director of Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut – Medical Centre	Lebanon
Antonio Piga	Professor of Paediatrics, Thalassaemia & Haemoglobinopathies Centre, Department of Clinical & Biological Sciences, School of Medicine & Hospital S.Luigi Gonzaga, University of Torino	Italy
Antonis Kattamis	Associate Professor of Paediatric Hematology-Oncology, Thalassemia Unit, Head First Department of Paediatrics, University of Athens, ‘Agia Sofia’ Children’s Hospital, Athens	Greece
Athanassios Aessopos	Professor of Cardiology, Director of First Department of Internal Medicine, Athens University Medical School – ‘Laiko’ General Hospital, Athens	Greece
Christos Kattamis	Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics, University of Athens, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital	Greece
Dimitris Loukopoulos	Emeritus Professor of Haematology, 1st Department of Medicine at the University of Athens	Greece
Dudley Pennell	Professor of Cardiology, National Heart and Lung Institute and Director of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Unit, Honorary Consultant in Nuclear Cardiology at Royal Brompton Hospital	UK
Elliot Vichinsky	Haematologist, Director of Hematology/Oncology at Children’s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, the Northern California Sickle Cell Center, the California Thalassemia Center and the California Reference Hemoglobin Laboratory	USA
Ersi Voskaridou	Director, Thalassaemia Centre, Laikon General Hospital, Athens	Greece
Farrukh Shah	Consultant Haematologist, Department of Haematology, Whittington Hospital, London	UK
Joanne Traeger-Synodinos	Assistant Professor of Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Athens, Choremeio Research Laboratory, ‘Agia Sofia’ Children’s Hospital, Athens	Greece
John Old	Consultant Clinical Scientist and Honorary Reader in Haematology (Oxford University), National Haemoglobinopathy Reference Laboratory, Molecular Haematology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford	UK
Malcolm Walker	Consultant Cardiologist, Hatter Institute, University College London Hospital	UK
Maria. D. Cappellini	Professor of Haematology, Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Ca’ Granda Foundation Maggiore Policlinico Hospital	Italy
Mary Petrou	Consultant Clinical Molecular Geneticist and Honorary Senior Lecturer (University College London), Haemoglobinopathy Genetics Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	UK
Suthat Fucharoen	Professor of Haematology, Mahidol University, Bangkok	Thailand
Vincenzo de Sanctis	Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, Private Hospital Quisisana, Ferrara	Italy
Vip Viprakasit	Associate Professor of Haematology, Division of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok and Programme Coordinator for Thalassaemia Research at Siriraj-Thalassaemia Centre	Thailand