Charalambos Antoniades, known as ‘Harry’, was a consultant hepatologist and reader in hepatology at Imperial College, London. He was born in London, the son of Greek father, who was a doctor, and a British mother. When he was a toddler the family moved to Athens, where he grew up with his two sisters. He excelled at school and also enjoyed sports, particularly running.

He went to London to study medicine, attending the Royal Free Hospital school of medicine. He gained a first class honours degree in clinical immunology in 1997 and qualified in 1998, winning numerous awards, including the Katharine Lloyd-Williams medal and the Frances White memorial prize.

He held junior posts at the Royal Free and Hammersmith hospitals, and then took a registrar post at King’s College Hospital, which led to a clinical research fellowship in the hepatology department, where he worked for Julia Wendon. He subsequently became a consultant in hepatology at King’s. From 2009, he was a lecturer at Imperial College London, becoming a senior lecturer in 2013 and a reader in 2016.

He established the first clinic to manage and investigate liver injury associated with the use of checkpoint inhibitors in oncology. His research also focused on cellular and molecular mechanisms in the liver which explain why patients with cirrhosis and liver failure are susceptible to infection. He published 20 academic papers and received many awards for his work, including the Sheila Sherlock prize in 2011.

In 2003 he married Rebecca Bowen, an oncologist. They had two children.

Antoniades died from a pulmonary embolism after injuring his leg on a family skiing holiday.

RCP editor

[Imperial College London Obituary: Charalambos (Harry) Antoniades; 1974-2018 www.imperial.ac.uk/news/185830/obituary-charalambos-harry-antoniades-1974-2018/ – accessed 30 May 2020; BMJ 2018 361 2165 www.bmj.com/content/361/bmj.k2165 – accessed 30 May 2020]