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Doctoral research

PhD (University of Warwick) — Outcomes of Laparoscopic Fundoplication (two RCTs plus pooled analyses). Findings: total/subtotal fundoplication superior to partial for reflux control; intraoperative manometry may predict postoperative dysphagia.

Research funding (selected)

£1,900,000 Innovate UK (Jun 2017) — CoaguScan.

£1,500,000 UHS Charity (Sep 2022) — Compassionate Leadership Study.

£300,000 SBRI (Aug 2017) — CoaguScan; £150,000 SBRI (Nov 2016) — CoaguScan; £100,000 SBRI (Jun 2017) — CoaguScan.

£85,379 ICiC (Jun 2017) — Wireless monitoring of tissue ischaemia.

£100,000 Private (Oct 2018) — Sweati biosensor.

$83,650 Self-study (Apr 2019) — AI Medical Education.

€150,000 FIA (Feb 2016) — Spinal Injury Prevention Project.

Projects (completed)

Exercise Ice Maiden: physiological sensor monitoring on Antarctic expedition; multi-centre military–academic collaboration.

Spinal Injury Prevention in Motorsport: accelerometry, seating/mount mitigation within regulations.

NIHR DEC – POC TEG (CoaguScan Phase 1): bedside viscoelastic clot assessment.

Ongoing studies / higher degrees (selected)

Ethomics of Surgery (AI to map expert motor pathways for surgical planning/training).

Motorsport Impact Mitigation Devices (with McLaren/Mercedes; Imperial Engineering).

Materials for Mitigating Primary Blast (body armour; visceral protection).

Ventilatory strategies in Blast Lung (APRV vs ARDSNet; multi-institutional).

Metabolic phenotyping of the gut microbiome in major haemorrhage (ADMST/ICL/DSTL).

Clinical Lead (ED, Acute Care & Trauma), London NIHR DEC / Imperial (2016–present); NIHR NWL Trauma & Plastics/Hand Leads (2016–present).

REBOA NIHR Study, 4D Manufacturing (intelligent surgical implants).

Higher degree supervision & examining

Supervised MSc projects on tourniquet mechanics and thoracostomy device design (Imperial, 2016); PhD examiner at Imperial and UCL on trauma imaging, performance & outcomes, AI/mobile tech in NHS (2017–2023).

Books (editor / author)

Trauma: Code Red (CRC/T&F, 2018) — Editor.

Damage Control in Trauma Care (Springer, 2018) — Co-Editor.

Fundamentals of Frontline Surgery (CRC/T&F, 2021) — Co-Editor.

Charitable & community grants 

£323,556 (May 2018) and £100,000 (Mar 2018), Sport England — Asian Sports Foundation projects.

Selected publications (recent)

Kauvar DS, Khan M. Contemporary Diagnosis of Vascular Injury. 2024.

European multi-centre studies on appendicitis and biliary pancreatitis (EJTES 2023; JAMA Surgery 2023); consensus on splenic trauma; COOL trial updates.

Khan M & Kessel B. Series on REBOA and haemorrhage control (J Endovascular Resuscitation & Trauma Management, 2022–2023).

Transfusion strategies, hybrid ER, mass casualty blood product limitations (2021–2023).

Systematic reviews: rhabdomyolysis management (EAST guideline), laparoscopic splenectomy in trauma, chyle leak post-oesophagectomy, contaminated hernia repair, etc. (2021–2023).

Systematic reviews: rhabdomyolysis management (EAST guideline), laparoscopic splenectomy in trauma, chyle leak post-oesophagectomy, contaminated hernia repair, etc. (2021–2023). (A complete, chronologically ordered bibliography can be provided as a downloadable PDF on the page.)

Systematic reviews: rhabdomyolysis management (EAST guideline), laparoscopic splenectomy in trauma, chyle leak post-oesophagectomy, contaminated hernia repair, etc. (2021–2023). (A complete, chronologically ordered bibliography can be provided as a downloadable PDF on the page.)