Ashutosh Wechalekar, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, DM
Ashutosh Wechalekar is a senior lecturer and honorary consultant haematologist at University College London and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He trained in haematology in the UK and Canada. In 2007 he was appointed senior lecturer/honorary consultant in the National Amyloidosis Centre and department of haematology.
His academic and clinical interests are focused on amyloidosis and multiple myeloma. In particular, he is interested in characterisation and treatment of systemic AL amyloidosis as well as multiple myeloma, including clinical trials of new and novel agents in these disorders. He has published widely in these areas.
Representative Publications:
The complementary role of histology and proteomics for diagnosis and typing of systemic amyloidosis
Quantitation of 99mTc-DPD uptake in patients with transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis