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Special Clinical Interests:
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Graft vs Host disease (GVH)
Graft vs Leukaemia effect (GVL)
Unrelated and cord stem cell transplantation
Haplo-identical stem cell transplantation with post-transplant
cyclophosphamide
Stem cell transplantation for malignant and non-malignant
diseases including genetic metabolic diseases and
haemoglobinpathies
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Membership of professional bodies:
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Royal college of Physicians and Royal College of paediatrics and
Child Health
UK Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Group
European Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT)
Centre of International Bone Marrow Transplantation Research
(CIBMTR)
Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)
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Professional profile/background:
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Consultant and BMT Director, University Hospitals Bristol NHS
Foundation Trust. Dr Gassas works at the Bristol Royal Hospital for
Children, specialising in paediatric stem cell transplantation
since 2015. From 2001-2015, he was a consultant in The Hospital for
Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, University of Toronto, Canada
between specialising in paediatric stem cell transplantation. He
also helps maintain global quality standards for stem cell
transplantation in his role as a FACT/JACIE Inspector. He awarded
FACT accreditation to 9 large US stem cell transplantation centres
and 2 large Canadian centres. He also awarded JACIE accreditation
to 3 large UK stem cell transplantation centres including immune
effector cellular therapy. Dr Gassas also awarded the accreditation
of the first Israeli centre that was awarded JACIE certification in
2018.
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