Inusa Baba MRCP, FRCPCH, DCP

Dr Baba PD Insua is a specialist in sickle cell and thalassaemia and leads the paediatric comprehensive sickle cell and thalassaemia centre, Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital, London. He is also a Senior Lecturer at King’s College London. In addition, Dr Inusa is the national secretary for the UK Forum on Haemoglobin Disorders, serves on a number of Department Of Health panels and runs an annual advanced international update in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in October with a wide delegates profile across Europe, Africa, Middle East and the West Indies.

He is a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, American Society of Hematology and a member of the international management committee responsible for global haematology. He leads a number of research studies in SCD and is also the UK chief Investigator for a number of drug trials in SCD, renal studies and psychological studies in SCD.

He leads a number of research studies in brain disorders (stroke, neuropsychological studies) and renal impairment in SCD- Silent Infarct Transfusion Trial (SITT), the chief investigator for Sickle Cell Anaemia transcranial Doppler Educational Study (SCATES) which includes Italian and Rep of Ireland sites. He is also the UK chief Investigator for a number of drug trials in SCD, renal studies and psychological studies in SCD. He is a reviewer of a number of international peer review journals and grant awarding bodies. He a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child health, American Society of Hematology and European Hematology Association.