Professional background

Dr Donal McLornan is a consultant in haematology and stem cell transplantation, clinically specialising in haemato-oncology. He has a particular interest in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), CML, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. Dr McLornan is the current Chair of the Chronic Malignancies Working Party of EBMT. He also the Co-Chair of the EBMT Scientific Council. He is the Chair of the UK MPN Clinical Study Group (2022-2026).

He has extensive clinical trial expertise and is the Chief Investigator or Principal Investigator of multiple clinical trials in the field of MPN. Dr McLornan graduated in 1999 from Queen's University Belfast with Honours. During his post-graduate training, he was awarded a prestigious MRC fellowship and completed a PhD investigating drug resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia for which he received several awards. He has also authored over 200 papers and has a special research interest in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN). He is a member of EHA, EBMT and BSH, while regularly speaking internationally on MPN, MDS and allogeneic SCT.

Research interests

  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms
  • Myelofibrosis
  • Stem cell transplantation