Professor Victor Hoffbrand is Emeritus Professor of Haematology at the Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine. He has had a distinguished career in haematological research. His initial contributions involved study of the interrelationships between vitamin B12 deficiency and folate metabolism. Subsequently he turned his attention to aspects of iron chelation and was the first to report the clinical use of the oral iron chelator, deferiprone.
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Back to directory listingProfessor Victor Hoffbrand FMedSci
Job Title
Emeritus Professor of Haematology, University College London
Department
Department of Haematology
Institution
Royal Free Hospital
Year elected
2000
Interests
Specialitiesclinical, biochemical and molecular aspects of blood diseases, iron chelation, iron, vitamin B12 and folate metabolism
Section committee elected byMedical and veterinary specialties and paediatrics
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