Raj Kasthuri, MD
Professor
Raj Kasthuri is Professor in the Division of Hematology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Dr. Kasthuri obtained his formative medical training at the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago before pursuing fellowship training in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Minnesota. He joined the faculty at UNC Chapel Hill in 2007. Dr. Kasthuri’s clinical and research interests are in disorders of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). He is Director of the UNC HHT Center of Excellence, and Associate Director for Clinical Research at the UNC Blood Research Center. He is involved in the design and conduct of a number of clinical trials in HHT. He is a strong patient advocate and works closely with the advocacy group Cure HHT on various initiatives, such as the Women’s Health Initiative and the Liver-Heart Initiative. He is a member of Cure HHT’s Global Research and Medical Advisory Board. Dr. Kasthuri is passionate about teaching and has mentored a number of undergraduate and graduate students, and hematology fellows. He is Associate Director of the UNC Hematology T32 training grant.
