Ajay Kakkar, MBBS (Hons), BSc, PhD, FRCS, is Professor and Head of the Centre for Surgical Science and Dean for External Relations at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London. He is also a Consultant Surgeon at St Bartholomews Hospital London and Director-Designate Thrombosis Research Institute, London, UK.

 

Dr Kakkar received his medical education at King's College Hospital Medical School, University of London, and was awarded an MBBS in 1988, and a PhD in 1998. He was made a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1992. Dr Kakkar’s awards include Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1996, the David Patey Prize, Surgical Research Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1996, the Knoll William Harvey Prize, International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 1997, and the James IV Association of Surgeons Fellow 2006.