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
A novel mass spectrometry method to identify the serum monoclonal light chain component in systemic light chain amyloidosis
A pilot study demonstrating cardiac uptake with 18F-florbetapir PET in AL amyloidosis patients with cardiac involvement
Quantitation of 99mTc-DPD uptake in patients with transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis
Bioimpedance vector analysis for the detection of extracellular volume overload and sarcopenia in systemic AL amyloidosis