Drew Provan MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRCPath

Drew Provan is currently Emeritus Reader in Autoimmune Haematology at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr Provan studied molecular genetics at Leicester University before studying medicine. After junior medical posts in the UK, he undertook research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute from 1993-4 on an American Traveling fellowship awarded by the Medical Research Council.

Dr Provan took up the post of Consultant Haematologist in Southampton in 1995 and moved to Barts and London in 2000. As a general haematologist, his main area of interest within the field of haematology is immunohematology which includes diseases such as autoimmune thrombocytopenia (ITP), neutropenia and haemolytic anaemia. Dr Provan has established the UK ITP Registry a clinical and laboratory database of patients with ITP. Dr Provan, along with International colleagues published the Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of ITP in children and adults published in Blood. The consensus document is currently being updated and will be published in late 2018/early 2019.