Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy is a Professor of Translational Hepatology & Consultant Hepatologist at Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, QMUL.

Dr. Kennedy’s primary research focus is in HBV with a special interest in liver disease in young people. He runs a dedicated young adult clinic at The Royal London Hospital and leads the HBV service at Bart’s Health with more than 6,000 chronic HBV infected patients. He has produced novel work redefining disease phase in HBV, the foundation for the re-evaluation of treatment candidacy. Developing these research avenues is an important focus of his current work towards individualized treatment strategies and changing the current management paradigm in CHB.

Currently, Dr. Kennedy leads the UK special interest group (SIG) in HBV, is the secretary of the British Viral Hepatitis Group (BVHG), an expert advisor for NICE and a member of the viral hepatitis clinical guideline committee for CHB. He provides expert opinion for the United Kingdom Advisory Panel on blood-borne viruses and is the Hepatology lead for the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section at the Royal Society of Medicine.

Dr. Kennedy trained at University College Dublin and completed post-graduate training in Gastroenterology & Hepatology in London, and in 2009 was appointed as a HEFCE Clinical Senior Lecturer at Barts and The London Medical School.