Dr Perla Eleftheriou

Dr Perla Eleftheriou is a consultant haematologist with expertise in the management and treatment of haemoglobinopathies, rare inherited anaemias, iron overload, iron deficiency, secondary polycythaemia and diagnostic haematology. She is actively involved in clinical research, investigating disease-modifying agents in red cell disorders. Her work has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks, and has contributed to national and international guidelines.

Dr Eleftheriou is a clinical advisor to the UK Thalassaemia Society and the Thalassaemia International Federation and a member of the National Haemoglobinopathy Panel. She enjoys teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students at UCL, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and staff in various disciplines at UCH involved in the care of her patients and sits at NHSE and UCH clinical committees.

She is the coordinator of an International Fellowship hosted at UCLH annually and functions as a external haemoglobinopathy peer reviewer outside the UK. She is currently the clinical governance lead of the red cell haematology department at UCH.