The Christie Charity
Anna Castleton
Name
Anna Castleton
Job title
Consultant Haematologist
Phone number
(of secretary/PA Stacey Hughes) 0161 446 3278
Qualifications
MBBS; MRCP; FRCPath; PhD
Specialities
Haematology, Leukaemia, Stem cell transplantation
Started at The Christie (Year)
2016
Responsibilities
Departmental Lead for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, and Teenage and Young Adult Haematology.
Professional biography
Dr Castleton graduated from Newcastle University medical school in 2001. She undertook her general medical training in Newcastle and London, and specialist haematology training within the North-West London Deanery. Dr Castleton was awarded a clinical research training fellowship with the LLR (Bloodwise) to undertake a period of PhD research at University College London.
She moved to Manchester in 2016 to take up a consultant post in haemato-oncology at The Christie Hospital NHS FT. Dr Castleton has expertise in a range of haematological malignancies with a specialist interest in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) haematology. She is a member of the UK National Cancer Research Institute adult ALL subgroup.
Research Interest
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Novel treatment strategies for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; oncolytic virotherapy