Dr Robert Lown

Training and education

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Dr Lown completed his undergraduate training at University College London Medical School in 2004. He undertook junior medical training at the Royal Brompton Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Lewisham Hospital.

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His specialist haematology training was at the Royal Marsden Hospital, St George’s Hospital London, and University Hospital Southampton. Dr Lown also undertook a research MD in stem cell transplantation at University College London and the Anthony Nolan Research Institute.

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Dr Lown is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (2007), and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (2014).

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Experience

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Dr Lown took up his first consultant post in August 2015.

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His NHS work in with Southampton lymphoma group, supervising inpatient and outpatient care of patients with both high-grade and low-grade lymphoma. The group is investigating numerous novel approaches to the treatment of lymphoma through a broad range of clinical trials, and is amongst the leading recruiters to clinical trials in lymphoma in the UK.

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Dr Lown is clinical lead for autologous stem cell transplantation (transplantation using the patient's own stem cells) and developed the CAR-T cell service for lymphoma in Wessex.

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Key achievements

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• Awarded one of two national places on the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) haemato-oncology clinical trials trainee scheme (2014 to 2016).

• Press conference at American Society of Haematology (ASH) annual meeting 2014 for work on impact of ethnicity in stem cell donation.

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Awards and prizes

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• Winner of the American Society of Haematology Abstract Achievement Award in 2014 and 2015

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Research

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The Southampton lymphoma group are investigating many novel approaches to managing lymphoma, with a broad portfolio of clinical trials covering all phases of clinical development.
 
For information on Dr Lown’s research publications, please visit his ResearchGate page. 

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