Professor Salim I Khakoo BSc, MBBS, FRCP, MD
Professor of Hepatology, Head of School, Clinical and Experimental Sciences Director of Biomedical Research (IFLS)
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Professor Salim Khakoo is Professor of Hepatology, the Head of School in Clinical and Experimental Sciences and Director of Biomedical Research (IFLS)
Natural killer cells are an untapped therapeutic resource, which should be harnessed for patient benefit.
Salim has an interest in chronic liver disease and immunology, in particular liver cancer, viral hepatitis and the innate immune system. He was a research fellow at The Royal Free Hospital and then a post-doctoral fellow with Peter Parham at Stanford, USA. He returned to the UK with an MRC Clinician Scientist award to study Natural killer cells and hepatitis C, and subsequently a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship award, to research more deeply into innate immunity and hepatitis C. His work is now focused on developing the therapeutic potential of natural killer cells for viral infections and cancer.
Qualifications
- Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training – Gastroenterology, 2002
- Doctor of Medicine, University of London, 1997
- Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (UK), 1991
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1988
- BSc (Hons) in Experimental Pathology (2:1), University of London, 1986
Appointments
- Current - Professor of Hepatology and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist, University Hospital Southampton
- 01/08/07-31/10/11 - Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow/Professor of Hepatology, Imperial College London
- 01/04/05-31/07/07 - Senior Lecturer/Hon Consultant Hepatologist, University of Southampton
- 01/04/01-31/12/05 - MRC Clinician Scientist, University of Southampton
- 01/07/97-28/02/01 - Post-doctoral Fellow Dept Structural Biology, Stanford University, USA
- 01/12/96-31/06/97 - Specialist Registrar in NE Thames Region
- 01/10/93-31/11/96 - Research Fellow, The Royal Free Hospital
- 01/08/91-31/07/93 - Bristol/Gloucester Registrar Rotation in General Medicine and Gastroenterology
- 01/02/91-31/07/91 - SHO in Medicine/Neurology, St Thomas' Hospital, London
- 01/02/90-31/01/91 - SHO Medical Rotation, The Whittington Hospital, London
- 01/10/89-31/01/90 - SHO Cardiology, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds
- 01/02/89-31/07/89 - House Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
- 01/01/88-31/01/89 - House Physician, Greenwich District Hospital, London
External Activities
- 2004-2018 - Faculty 1000 “Liver biology and pathobiology” Section Faculty Member
- 2008-11 - Committee Member Liver Section British Society of Gastroenterology
- 2010-3 - Executive Council Member, The Association of Physicians
- 2011-3 - NICE programme development group “Hepatitis B and C: ways to promote and offer testing”
- 2011-4 - External Examiner Brighton and Sussex Medical School
- 2012- HCV Research UK steering committee member
- 2013- Academic lead for Gastroenterology/Hepatology Wessex Region
- 2013-6 - Secretary of The Association of Physicians
- 2013- Scientific Advisory Board Children’s Liver Disease Foundation
- 2014- Editorial Board: American Journal of Physiology
- 2014- External Advisor National and Kapodistrian University, Athens
- 2014-2020 - Editorial Board: Liver International
- 2014- Editorial Board: Quarterly Journal of Medicine
- 2015 - Organiser and Chair KIR polymorphism workshop 2015
- 2016-2019 - Treasurer of The Association of Physicians
- 2016-2020 - MRC Clinical Training Fellowship panel
- 2016-2019 - BUTEO (EME grant) Steering Committee Chair
- 2017- Chair Scientific Advisory Board Children’s Liver Disease Foundation
- 2018- NICE Expert Review Group
- 2019- Scientific Advisory board, The Borne Foundation
Professional Membership
- 1991- Member of The Royal College of Physicians
- 2008- Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians
- 2001- Member of The British Association for the Study of the Liver
- 2001- Member of The Society for Natural Immunity
- 2002- Member of The British Society of Immunology
- 2006- Member of Association of Physicians (2013-16 Secretary: 2016- Treasurer)