Duncombe, Dr Andrew Stephen

BA (Oxon) 1978, MB BS (Lond) 1981, MA (Oxon) 1982,  DM(Oxon)1991 FRCP (UK)1999,  FRCPath  (UK) 2000 

Speciality

Haematology 

Sub-speciality

Haemato-oncology 

Training and Education

1990 –1994    Senior Registrar In Haematology, St.George's Hospital Rotation, London, Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey And London, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon, St George's Hospital, London
1987- 1990  Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow, Honorary Senior Registrar And Lecturer, Department Of Haematology, Royal Free Hospital Medical School ,London
1985- 1987 Registrar/Lecturer In Haematology, St.Thomas' Hospital, London 

Experience

Dr Duncombe has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since May 1994. 

Trained in Haemato-oncology, Transplantation and general Haematology in the above centres of excellence and now have 15 years experience at consultant level in this field.

Key achievements

As Lead Consultant in Clinical Haematology 1995 - 2001,  established the Leukaemia and Transplant unit at SGH for the Wessex region and drove the initial business case for capital together with recurring annual revenue streams of £1.4m to launch a service which has now developed into a multi-million pound income stream for the Trust. 
Appointment to the national NCRI trials group in Myeloproliferative Disorders where i am helping develop National guidelines for treatment of Primary Thrombocythaemia and planning future studies. 

Key awards and prizes

Oxford First Class Hons Physiological Sciences 1978, University Scholarship To St.Thomas' Hospital 1978, Martin Wronker Prize In Pharmacology, Oxford 1978,
British Society For Haematology - `Young Investigator Of The Year' 1988/1989
Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship 1987-1990 

Research

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Haematology
Oxford University Press 1998  ISBN 0 19 262903 4
Blood and marrow stem cell transplantation
Chapter 12 of ABC of Clinical Haematology 2nd edition
BMJ Books, London 2003 ISBN 0 7279 16769
Haematological entries in The British Medical Association Complete Family Health Encyclopedia
Dorling Kindersley Publications, London