In this podcast, Jules Willcocks talks to Professor Marie Scully about the Astra Zeneca vaccine induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia, our current understanding of cause, diagnostic criteria and treatment.

Summary Writer:  Alice Sun

Script Writer:  Jules Willcocks

Editors:  Jules Willcocks

Interviewee:  Marie Scully

Interviewer:  Jules Willcocks

About Professor Marie Scully
Professor Marie Scully is a consultant haematologist at University College London Hospitals and Professor of haemostasis and thrombosis at University College London. Her particular interests include platelet mediated disorders, specifically, ITP, TTP and AHUS and acquired bleeding and thrombotic conditions.  Her primary publications include TTP, in particular treatment and clinical subtypes, in conjunction with an understanding of the pathogenesis of the underlying disease. She is the clinical lead for the national TTP service, UK TTP forum and patron for the TTP Network.  She supervises postgraduate doctorates and is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and regularly reviews for haematology and related medical journals.