Antonio Pagliuca

Antonio Pagliuca was appointed as the Chief Medical and Scientific Adviser for the Anthony Nolan in 2020. He is also a Consultant Haematologist and Professor of Stem Cell Transplantation at King’s College Hospital and King’s College London

He is also a trustee for Leukaemia UK.

Past roles include President of BSBMT, Chair of the BMT CRG and National Clinical Lead for Regenerative Medicine, NHS England and most recently the Medical Director for King’s College Hospital, Networked Care Division.

As Transplant Director for 19 years to 2017, he lead King’s attainment to a Centre of Excellence and one of the largest unrelated, cord, haplo-identical transplant and cellular therapy programs in the UK. In 2018, King’s became the first CAR-T centre in the UK to treat both adult ALL and NHL. He has published widely on hematological malignancies, stem cell transplantation and infections in this patient group.

His aim is to integrate the Research Institute’s translational research into clinical practice across all the domains to benefit patients.

He enjoys travelling and is a keen football supporter of his local side, Crystal Palace.