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Apr 23, 2026, 16:57

Hisam Siddiqi: Review of Interactive Cases by Blood Academy First Edition

Hisam Siddiqi, Consultant Haematologist at LycaHealth, The Blackheath Hospital, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Review of Interactive Cases by Blood Academy First Edition

Full disclosure

I have not been paid to write this.
I haven’t received any vouchers.
Ali (the author) and I have never met – we interact mainly on social media around haematology education.

I told him: send me the book and I’ll give an honest opinion.

Back in 2014, I started haematology as an ST3 after switching from medical oncology.

I felt completely out of my depth, surrounded by colleagues who had already done haematology fellow jobs.

In a (toxic) deanery, the expectation was that you should already ‘know things’. The usual advice? Read Robbins.

Read the Oxford Handbook. Not exactly realistic.

If I’d had a resource like this book, I’d have built confidence, structure and fluency much earlier.

The book offers:

I randomly opened Case 2: a 64‑year‑old with lymphocytosis.

Clear morphology, exam ‑ oriented language (FRCPath‑relevant), sensible discussion around smudge cells, immunophenotyping tables

across LPDs, and – crucially – real ‑ world next steps.

It constantly switches between theory, exams and clinical reality, which is exactly how haematology is practiced.

Where does this book sit?

I now see our registrars reading it in the office – and getting better. That, for me, is the ultimate test of an educational resource.

Only thought: a PDF version in the future would be fantastic.

If I had to choose between this and some of the ‘big name’ books out there?

This wins – any day of the week.”

Hisam Siddiqi: Review of Interactive Cases by Blood Academy First Edition

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