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Simon Stanworth
MA, FRCP (Paeds, UK), PhD, FRCPath
Professor of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine
- Consultant Haematologist
Clinical indications of blood components, through systematic reviews and clinical studies/trials.
Dr Simon Stanworth is a Consultant Haematologist for NHSBT at the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust), and honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford. He has over 15 years of clinical research experience since gaining his PhD in 1995 from the University of Oxford. His research is centred on clinical indications of blood transfusion components, through systematic reviews and clinical studies/trials. Highlights have included several international randomised trials published in NEJM. He has published extensively, having over 150 peer-reviewed research articles, with an h-index 48; more recently he has been involved with 5 national guidelines. He is secretary of the South Central Regional Transfusion Committee. Dr Stanworth is a current scientific member of the BEST Collaborative from 2007.
Recent publications
Paediatric traumatic brain injury: clinical presentation, treatment approaches, management strategies, and outcomes. Insights from the CENTER-TBI study
Journal article
Graziano F. et al, (2026), Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care, 6
Patterns of testing and the high burden of iron deficiency anemia in cirrhosis: a national cohort study
Journal article
Maynard S. et al, (2026), Blood Red Cells & Iron, 2, 100070 - 100070
The clinical use of cryoprecipitate and fibrinogen concentrate: A scoping review.
Journal article
Hess AS. et al, (2026), Transfusion
Survey on perioperative tranexamic acid use.
Journal article
Strickland LH. et al, (2026), Br J Haematol
Staff satisfaction with the use of bedside electronic transfusion checks at three hospitals in London.
Journal article
Oyekan F. et al, (2026), Vox Sang
