Dr Sara Trompeter

Dr Sara Trompeter is a Consultant Haematologist and Paediatric Haematologist at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and Clinical Academic at University College London. She graduated from the University of Bristol in 1997 with degrees in medicine (MBChB) and psychology (BSc). She was awarded MRCPCH by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 1999, FRCPath by the Royal College of Pathology in 2007 and an MSc from the University of Oxford in 2017. She was appointed Consultant Haematologist at NHS Blood and Transplant and UCLH in 2011. She is the lead for paediatric haematology and a core member of the adult service with extensive clinical experience in red cell disorders including sickle cell and thalassaemia as well as disorders of iron metabolism. She led UCLH through the first national peer review process. She has supported and developed the growth of the automated exchange service at UCLH to be the largest in Europe and created the Paediatric Red Cell Research programme at UCLH gaining funding to provide a cross network approach ensuring equity of access to research for patients with haemoglobin disorders. She has a number of national roles including the positions on the following groups: clinical representative on the NHSE Clinical Reference Group for Haemoglobinopathies; steering group of the National Haemoglobinopathy Registry; National Haemoglobinopathy Panel and Chair of the NHSBT Haemoglobinopathy Coordinating Centres Liaison Team.

Dr Trompeter is an expert in red cell and iron disorders and blood transfusion as relates to these. Although she practices in the private sector, the majority of her clinical work is in the NHS. As lead for the red cell paediatric service and a key member of the adult red cell team at University College Hospital she is part of a team that looks sees over 100 patients with red cell disorders a week as outpatients, 60 patients a week for blood transfusions as well as looking after patients on the inpatient wards.  In the private sector, Dr Trompeter can see patients with red cell and iron disorders such as: ·     Counselling for risk of haemoglobin disorders such as sickle and thalassaemia in future offspring ·     Identification of haemoglobin disorder carriers ·     Enzyme disorders such as G6PD and PK deficiency ·     Membrane disorders such as hereditary spherocytosis and elliptocytosis ·     Iron excess such as raised ferritin and haemochromatosis ·     Iron deficiency and related anaemias such as B12 and folate deficiency. ·     Abnormal levels of haemoglobin ·     Blood group antibody issues Links to regional and national laboratories and radiological expertise allows prompt and accurate diagnosis. Please note as of 17 April 2024, Dr Trompeter regrettably took to the decision to no longer looks after patients with full diagnoses of sickle cell or thalassaemia in the private sector other than in the rare cases of offering a second opinion.