Keith GOMEZ

The Royal Free Hospital

Description

Prof Keith Gomez trained at St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, University of London, and graduated in 1992. After studying haematology in the North London training programme he joined the Haemostasis Research Group at the Medical Research Council in London. The primary area of research for his doctoral thesis was the development of models of tissue factor-initiated coagulation. After award of his PhD Prof Gomez took up his current post as Consultant in Haemostasis in the Haemophilia Centre and Thrombosis Unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London in 2007. His main research interests include the genetic basis of heritable disorders of coagulation, the diagnosis and management of heritable platelet disorders and the clinical management of mild bleeding disorders. He has published more than 100 papers and contributed to several textbooks on these topics. Roles in professional organisations: · Chair, Coagulation Factor Variant Databases Steering Group, European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (2011 – present) · Chair, ClinGen Coagulation Factor Variant Expert Curation Panel (2017 – present) · Guidelines and Guidance Committee, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2025 - present) · Intercollegiate Committee on Haematology (2022 – present)