Dr Mahendra trained in haematology at the Royal Marsden, Hammersmith and Addenbrokkes Hospitals and was appointed Consultant Haemato-Oncologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham in February 1998.
On her arrival there she set up the bone marrow transplant services, it is now the 2nd largest bone marrow transplant centre in the UK and performs approximately 150 transplants per year
Her areas of clinical interests are care of patients with leukaemia, myeloma and lymphoma and those undergoing autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. She has a passionate desire to provide an excellent and prompt clinical service and instils this ethos in the several junior doctors who have trained and continue to train under her.
Her research interests are all related to clinical outcome of patients undergoing stem cell transplantation or having treatment for haematological malignancies. She has over 70 publications in peer reviewed journals.
Her other roles include:
Divisional Director
Jan 2007 - present
Chair Haematology Training Committee, West Midlands
Nov 2005 - present
Regional Specialty Advisor in Haematology
Oct 2006 - present
Medical Advisory Panel of Lymphoma Association
Scientific Committee - Myeloma UK
Examiner for Royal College of Pathology
Reviewer for CancerHelp UK