Professor Stephen is an Honorary Consultant Haematologist at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Haematology at Newcastle University.
After qualifying in Manchester in 1987 and following training and research jobs at the Hammersmith/Imperial College in London, Professor O’Brien has been a consultant in Newcastle since 1999.
He is the Chief Investigator for the National Cancer Research Network’s SPIRIT trials in chronic myeloid leukaemia, and member of the European Leukaemia Network. Professor O’Brien am also a member of NICE Technology Appraisal Committee C and co-chair of the North of England Cancer Drug Fund.
