MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
We have gathered a number of leading Immune Thrombocytopenia experts both here in Australia but also across the world to build our Medical Advisory Board.
Our advisors donate their time to review all content developed and published by ITP Australia and New Zealand to ensure they are true and correct at the time of publication.
Our Medical Advisors
Dr Robert Bird
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Haematologist
MBBS (Lond), MRCP (UK), FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP (Lond)
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Brisbane QLD, Australia
Philip Choi
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Associate Professor
BA BAc (Med), MBBS PhD FRACP, FRCPA
The Canberra Hospital
Canberra ACT, Australia
Dr Danny Hsu
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Haematologist
BBS FRACP FRCPA
Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool NSW, Australia
Dr Melanie Jackson
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Paediatric Haematologist
BSC, MBBS, FRACP
Queensland Children’s Hospital,
South Brisbane, QLD , Australia
Dr Chris Barnes
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Associate Professor
MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA
Royal Children’s Hospital and Melbourne Haematology
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Dr Chee Wee Tan
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Haematologist
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide SA, Australia
President
Thrombosis & Haemostasis Society of Aus & NZ (THANZ)
Dr John Casey
MEDICAL ADVISOR
MBBS FRACPA FRACP MHM BPharm(Hons)
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Dr Huyen Tran
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Associate Professor
MBBS (Hons), Master Clin Epi, FRACP, FRCPAD
The Alfred Hospital & Monash University
Melbourne VIC, Australia
Prof. Elizabeth Gardiner
CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
Director
PhD
John Curtin School of Medical Research
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT, Australia
Dr David Kuter
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Chief of Hematology
MD, D Phil (Oxon)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston MA, USA
Dr Terry Gernsheimer
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Professor of Hematology
MD
University of Washington
Seattle WA, USA
Dr Nichola Cooper
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Professor of Haematology
MA, MD, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPath
Imperial College NHS Trust
London, UK
Dr Cindy Neunert
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
MD, MSCS
Columbia University, Irving Medical Centre
New York, NY USA
Dr Michele Lambert
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Associate Professor
MD, MSTR
Department of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia PA, USA
Dr Drew Provan
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Emeritus Reader in Autoimmune Haematology
MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRCPath
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
London, UK
Dr John Semple
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Professor of Transfusion Medicine
PhD
Lund University
Sweden